{"id":439265,"date":"2026-01-28T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439265\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T19:32:07","slug":"cub-swanson-books-all-action-opponent-for-ufc-327","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439265\/","title":{"rendered":"Cub Swanson books all-action opponent for UFC 327"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cub Swanson is ready for his return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s been over a year since Swanson last competed, but the 44-fight veteran is set for his next fight when he takes on Nate Landwehr in a featherweight bout at UFC 327 on April 11 at Kaseya Center in Miami.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">MMA Fighting\u2019s Damon Martin confirmed the bout with sources with knowledge of the matchup after Swanson broke the fight news Wednesday on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Swanson (30-14) turned 42 this past November and has acknowledged he is being selective with the final fights of his career, which dates back to 2004. He most recently fought in December 2024 at UFC Tampa, where knocked out Billy Quarantillo in the third round. \u201cKiller Cub\u201d has alternated wins and losses in his past seven fights and holds a UFC record of 15-10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Landwehr (18-7) is known for his brawling style, having collected five UFC post-fight bonuses in 10 appearances for the promotion. \u201cThe Train\u201d is in need of a win after suffering back-to-back knockouts against Morgan Charriere and Doo Ho Choi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cub Swanson is ready for his return. It\u2019s been over a year since Swanson last competed, but the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,701,638,82,640,702],"class_list":["post-439265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}