Swanson thanks Edgar for a lesson
Cub Swanson spoke to Heidi Androl after the fight with Frankie Edgar at UFC Fight Night Austin and gave his thoughts on what went wrong for him.
Coming into UFC Fight Night Austin, Cub Swanson was on a six fight win streak and confident in his ability to beat Frankie Edgar. Swanson came out with a strong first round, but Edgar dominated the final four rounds, finally submitting Swanson at the end of the fifth round. Swanson spoke to Heidi Androl after the fight and gave his thoughts on what went wrong for him:
Heidi Androl: Well Cub, you showed a heck of a lot of heart in this fight. It certainly did’t go the way you wanted it to. How frustrating was it for you to not necessarily be able to execute your game plan here?
Cub Swanson: Ah. Obviously it was super frustrating. But you know, he did what he had to do and he exposed me. I was super confident and I thought I prepared and I obviously I under prepared. I want to thank him for a lesson, and I want to be better.