“Beautiful Destruction”

—  Cub Swanson

Cub Swanson describes his favourite type of fight http://assets.bt.com/v1/btmail/_2014/Sport/FridayFix/2014-06-20/BT_Sport_Friday_Fix-online.html
What Swanson wanted to achieve at UFC 162, against contender Dennis Siver, and at UFC 108, against Artem Lobov

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