{"id":201114,"date":"2016-08-13T21:04:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T04:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=201114"},"modified":"2016-08-13T21:04:54","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T04:04:54","slug":"korean-superboy-doo-hoi-choi-challenges-cub-swanson-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/doo-ho-choi\/korean-superboy-doo-hoi-choi-challenges-cub-swanson-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Korean Superboy&#8221; Doo Hoi Choi challenges Cub Swanson to a fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC featherweight Doo Ho Choi (14-1 MMA) is quickly making a name for himself in the UFC&#8217;s stacked featherweight division.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Korean Superboy&#8221; has gone 3-0 inside the octagon scoring first-round knockouts in all three of those victories.<\/p>\n<p>Choi&#8217;s most recent effort came at last month&#8217;s TUF 23 Finale event where he knocked out veteran Thiago Tavares midway into the opening round.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Korean Superboy&#8221; took to South Korean sports network SPOTV (via Facebook) to request a fight with Cub Swanson (as transcribed by <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/08\/doo-ho-choi-wants-to-fight-cub-swanson-and-takes-his-appeal-straight-to-the-man-himself\" target=\"_blank\">MMAJunkie<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI have been watching you since even before I made my UFC debut. Since my UFC debut, I have won all three fights in style. I think it will be a good fight between the two of us. We both always try to knock out our opponents. I like those types of fighters. Even though my ranking isn\u2019t high now, like you mentioned before, it\u2019s not important whether you fight rookies or top-ranked fighters. If you could tell the UFC that you also want to fight me, that would be great. I would appreciate it. I want to fight you. I will look forward to seeing you in the octagon.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cub Swanson (23-7 MMA) is coming off a decision victory over Tatsuya Kawajiri at the UFC Salt Lake City event.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see the UFC book a fight between Choi and Swanson? Sound off PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC featherweight Doo Ho Choi (14-1 MMA) is quickly making a name for himself in the UFC&#8217;s stacked featherweight division. 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Choi&#8217;s most recent effort came at last month&#8217;s TUF 23 Finale event where he knocked out veteran [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":198359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10448,10408],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The &quot;Korean Superboy&quot; Doo Hoi Choi challenges Cub Swanson to a fight! | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/doo-ho-choi\/korean-superboy-doo-hoi-choi-challenges-cub-swanson-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The &quot;Korean Superboy&quot; Doo Hoi Choi challenges Cub Swanson to a fight! | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC featherweight Doo Ho Choi (14-1 MMA) is quickly making a name for himself in the UFC&#8217;s stacked featherweight division. 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