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Last night, in the main event of the UFC’s anticipated debut in Fresno, California long-time featherweight contender Cub Swanson stepped into the cage with surging prospect Brian Ortega.<\/p>\n

Ahead of this bout, which marked the final obligation on his current UFC contract, Swanson repeatedly suggested he planned to test his value as a free agent post-fight. Unfortunately, he lost this contest by second-round submission<\/a>, which makes his future quite a bit murkier.<\/p>\n

Post-fight, a defeated Swanson discussed his possible free agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt stings,\u201d Swanson told MMAjunkie<\/a>. \u201cIt just gets thrown back in your face, \u2018You don\u2019t win the big [fights].\u2019 So, it\u2019s like, what am I going to say? I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll negotiate. [UFC President Dana White] said \u2018let\u2019s make a deal\u2019 from outside the cage. But do I got to crawl back and say, \u2018OK, I\u2019ll take that deal I said no to before?'”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see,\u201d Swanson continued. \u201cI\u2019m going to enjoy family over Christmas and all that and try not to be in low spirits. I thought I fought great. I just didn\u2019t get the ending I wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

While it’s clear that Swanson is not particularly optimistic about the current state of his career, UFC President White assured post-fight that he’d like to arrange a new deal that makes the veteran featherweight happy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI yelled up to him, \u2018Let\u2019s get a deal done,’\u201d White said. \u201cCub\u2019s been around forever. He\u2019s a great kid, and I like him, and hopefully we can get something done with him, and I can keep him happy. I want him to be happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

This loss marks the end of a four-fight streak for Swanson. This streak was highlighted by memorable decision wins over Doo Ho Choi and Artem Lobov. The MMA veteran is now 25-8 in sum, and 10-4 in the UFC.<\/p>\n

What do you think the future holds for Cub Swanson?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 10\/12\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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