Cub
Swanson will return to the featherweight division for a clash
with Hakeem
Dawodu at
UFC on ESPN 51.
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Multiple outlets confirmed the booking after Swanson initially
announced the bout via Instagram. UFC on
ESPN 51 takes place on Aug. 12 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is
headlined by a welterweight duel pitting Vicente
Luque against Rafael dos
Anjos.
Swanson is coming off a bantamweight appearance at UFC Fight Night
212, where he suffered a second-round technical knockout loss to
Johathan Martinez this past October. Prior to that, the World
Extreme Cagefighting veteran had won three of his last four Octagon
appearances dating back to October 2019.
Dawodu has lost two of his last three under the UFC banner. Most
recently, the 31-year-old Canadian dropped a three-round verdict to
Julian
Erosa at UFC 279 last September.