{"id":271420,"date":"2018-02-28T15:15:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T23:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=271420"},"modified":"2018-02-28T15:15:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T23:15:13","slug":"breaking-cub-swanson-teases-wont-free-agent-much-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cub-swanson\/breaking-cub-swanson-teases-wont-free-agent-much-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | Cub Swanson Teases He Won&#8217;t Be a Free Agent Much Longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last time Cub Swanson fought in the Octagon, it was his last fight on his UFC contract. The ideal would to have been to put on a vintage Swanson performance and get the win, but it didn&#8217;t go his way against Brian Ortega that night at UFC Fresno. Despite losing his last fight, Dana White told Cub Swanson they&#8217;d make a deal. After supposedly entertaining offers at several other fighting organizations, Swanson seems near to making a deal according to this comment on his Instagram. &#8230;But with who?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-271421 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/NotForLong.jpg\" alt=\"Cub Swanson\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/NotForLong.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/NotForLong-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/NotForLong-696x362.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI can\u2019t make a decision until I know what the other offers are. Not many big players stay around all that long. I should have just avoided [going to the ground with Brian Ortega] altogether. He would have been done. I had him on punches but gave him an opportunity, and he took it. The negotiations, it\u2019s not about having fancy cars or anything It\u2019s about having financial stability for my family\u2019s future. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/01\/cub-swanson-ufc-contract-offer-next-fight\">Cub Swanson speaking to MMA Junkie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bellator192?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bellator192<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A2zNvvO16z\">pic.twitter.com\/A2zNvvO16z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CubSwanson\/status\/954916676771827713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c[The loss at UFC Fresno] stings. It just gets thrown back in your face, \u2018You don\u2019t win the big ones.\u2019 So, it\u2019s like, what am I going to say? I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll negotiate. 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?&#8217; We\u2019ll see. I\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<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/12\/cub-swanson-contract-situation-after-ufc-fresno-loss-dana-white\">Cub Swanson speaking to MMA Junkie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cub Swanson is right. There aren&#8217;t a lot of big players. Swanson most likely has been courted by RIZIN, Bellator and the UFC. He event attended a Bellator card last month, presumably also to talk to Scott Coker and share it online as a subtle nod to the UFC that he has other offers. Although, he did offer to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/cub-swanson-fight-nate-diaz-ufc-222\/\">step up and fight Nate Diaz to save UFC 222<\/a>. It&#8217;ll be interesting to see where Cub Swanson ends up, but wherever it is, we hope he gets <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/cub-swanson-fight-nate-diaz-ufc-222\/\">the deal he and his family deserves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 2\/28\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time Cub Swanson fought in the Octagon, it was his last fight on his UFC contract. The ideal would to have been to put on a vintage Swanson performance and get the win, but it didn&#8217;t go his way against Brian Ortega that night at UFC Fresno. 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