{"id":222704,"date":"2017-02-13T05:53:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T13:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=222704"},"modified":"2017-02-13T05:53:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T13:53:57","slug":"artem-lobov-swanson-bout-kind-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/artem-lobov\/artem-lobov-swanson-bout-kind-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Artem Lobov on Swanson booking: This is my kind of fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, we learned that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> training partner Artem Lobov had been granted <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cub-swanson\/cub-swanson-artem-lobov-bash-twitter\/\">the fight he&#8217;s been campaigning for<\/a>: a scrap with the UFC&#8217;s fourth-raked featherweight, Cub Swanson. The two will headline the UFC&#8217;s upcoming trip to Nashville, Tennessee on April 22.<\/p>\n<p>Given that Swanson is soundly inside the featherweight top-5, and Lobov is not even ranked, many people consider this booking a bit of a head-scratcher. As Lobov explained in a recent interview with Peter Carroll of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newstalk.com\/Exclusive:-Lobov-relishing-Swanson-slugfest-in-UFC-Nashville-main-event-\" target=\"_blank\">Newstalk<\/a>, however, it makes perfect sense.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m delighted with the matchup,\u201d he said. \u201cConsidering how high up the rankings he is, he\u2019s currently number four, and his style, I feel like he\u2019s perfect for me.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe is the type of fight of I\u2019ve been searching for me whole life. I\u2019ve never been able to get a chance of going in there with someone like him. Every other opponent I\u2019ve faced has always tried to take me down.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve been calling for a slugfest like this for many years. This is my kind of fight. All my prayers have been answered.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lobov then gave some insight as to how he plans to defeat his powerful foe.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cCub certainly has power, but it\u2019s nothing that I haven\u2019t seen before,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;I guarantee that I won\u2019t take a step back, like always. That\u2019s something he has never experienced before.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s used to fighting in the open. He\u2019s used to throwing all of these crazy kicks. He has never experienced someone that is able to shut down his game like I will.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m going to put him on the back foot, give him no space to attack and you better believe that I\u2019ll be ready throw big bombs at him from the first bell.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally, Lobov explained that, because this fight it scheduled for five rounds, he expects a finish to materialize.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThis time, I honestly can\u2019t see the fight going the distance given the fact that this fight is five rounds. This will definitely be a finish.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you think Artem Lobov can pull of the win against Cub Swanson in April? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 2\/12\/2017. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, we learned that Conor McGregor training partner Artem Lobov had been granted the fight he&#8217;s been campaigning for: a scrap with the UFC&#8217;s fourth-raked featherweight, Cub Swanson. The two will headline the UFC&#8217;s upcoming trip to Nashville, Tennessee on April 22. 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