{"id":269434,"date":"2018-02-04T18:23:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T02:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=269434"},"modified":"2018-02-04T18:24:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T02:24:29","slug":"cub-swanson-fight-nate-diaz-ufc-222","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/cub-swanson-fight-nate-diaz-ufc-222\/","title":{"rendered":"Cub Swanson is down to fight Nate Diaz at UFC 222"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cub Swanson is down to fight Nate Diaz at UFC 222!<\/p>\n<p>The perennial featherweight contender, Cub Swanson, recently responded to a fan on Twitter where he offered to help save March\u2019s UFC 222 event by fighting Nate Diaz.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m down<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CubSwanson\/status\/960319158003970049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The fan had tweeted \u201cNate Diaz vs Cub Swanson UFC 222 Save the PPV!\u201d, to which Cub replied \u201cI\u2019m down!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>UFC 222 recently lost its event headliner after Max Holloway was forced out of his title fight with Frankie Edgar due to an injury. <\/p>\n<p>Cub Swanson has gone 4-1 over his past five fights, with his lone loss in that time coming to Brian Ortega.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-202-results-nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor\/\">Nate Diaz has not competed since suffering a controversial majority decision loss to Conor McGregor<\/a> at UFC 202.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see this fight put together by the UFC? 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