{"id":234341,"date":"2017-04-17T12:27:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T19:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=234341"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:27:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T19:27:42","slug":"cub-swanson-gives-take-whether-artem-lobov-actually-belongs-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cub-swanson\/cub-swanson-gives-take-whether-artem-lobov-actually-belongs-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Cub Swanson gives his take on whether Artem Lobov actually belongs in the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, in<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/artem-lobov\/artem-lobov-swanson-bout-kind-fight\/\"> the main event of UFC Nashville<\/a>, featherweight contender Cub Swanson will take on Russian-born Irishman <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/artem-lobov\/artem-lobov-predicts-knockout-against-cub-swanson\/\">Artem Lobov<\/a>. Given that Swanson currently sits inside the featherweight top-5, and Lobov sits outside the top-15 with an undeniably unimpressive 13-12-1 overall record, the announcement of this fight caused more than a few head scratches. Yet <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/artem-lobov\/artem-lobov-sets-sights-cub-swanson-korean-superboy\/\">Lobov asked for it<\/a>, Swanson accepted, and here we are.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/4\/17\/15322280\/the-mma-hour-with-demetrious-johnson-rose-namajunas-cub-swanson-diego\">The MMA Hour<\/a>, host Ariel Helwani asked Swanson if he had seen the widespread opinions that Lobov doesn&#8217;t actually deserve to be in the UFC, and that he&#8217;s only made it to the big stage as a result of his association with MMA mega star <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>. Swanson then got talking on the subject, explaining that he believes Lobov is skilled, but that he hasn&#8217;t taken his career seriously, and that he probably has ridden McGregor&#8217;s coat tails to a degree.<\/p>\n<p>His words:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe that talent-wise he shouldn&#8217;t be in the UFC. I feel like with his record and things like that, there are so many more deserving people to be in the UFC. Somebody in that situation, if it wouldn&#8217;t have been for Conor, he would have had to string together a lot more wins and do a lot more things. I think people are pissed off at him for that. I particularly don&#8217; like him for that. Like I said, I just know there&#8217;s a lot more deserving people. When you treat your career early on really crappy, you can&#8217;t expect to be in a good position. That&#8217;s just the way that pro fighting is. I don&#8217;t think [Lobov has] a lack of skillset, I think it was a lack of taking care of his record and doing the right things at the right time and doing all the things you need to do to be a great fighter from the middle level to the next level.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you think of Cub Swanson&#8217;s assessment of Artem Lobov&#8217;s rather unimpressive record? Do you think the Conor McGregor training partner truly belongs on the sports biggest stage? 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 4\/17\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, in the main event of UFC Nashville, featherweight contender Cub Swanson will take on Russian-born Irishman Artem Lobov. 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