Burgos vs Swanson

Who won Burgos vs Swanson?

Shane Burgos beat Cub Swanson by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 9, on Saturday 4th May 2019 at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Shane Burgos.

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).

Burgos vs Swanson stats

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

Cub Swanson made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Cub Swanson marked his 25th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

Shane Burgos' UFC record stood at 8-3-0, while Cub Swanson's came in at 15-10-0.

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

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Burgos and Swanson would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Shane Burgos was the younger man by 7 years, at 34 years old.

Burgos had a height advantage of 3 inches over Swanson. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Burgos was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2013, 9 years later than Swanson, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 53 less professional rounds, 49 to Swanson's 102.

Burgos vs Swanson form

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

In his last fight leading up to 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, 1 month and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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