Swanson vs Gracie

Who won Swanson vs Gracie?

Cub Swanson beat Kron Gracie by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 19, on Saturday 12th October 2019 at Amalie Arena in Tampa.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Cub Swanson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Swanson vs Gracie stats

Cub Swanson stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Kron Gracie made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 5 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws and 5 by submission.

This was Cub Swanson's 25th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011. Kron Gracie marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Cub Swanson's UFC record stood at 15-10-0, while Kron Gracie's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested that Swanson and Gracie have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gracie had a massive advantage over Swanson, boasting a 100% submission rate over Swanson's 0%.

Cub Swanson was the older man by 5 years, at 41 years old.

Gracie had a height advantage of 1 inch over Swanson. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Swanson was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2004, 10 years and 4 months earlier than Gracie, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 87 more professional rounds, 102 to Gracie's 15.

Swanson vs Gracie form

Swanson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Andre Fili at UFC 303 on 29th June 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Hakeem Dawodu at UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos on 12th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jonathan Martinez at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Darren Elkins at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

He had been defeated by Giga Chikadze at UFC Vegas 25 on 1st May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

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Swanson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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