An intriguing featherweight clash has been added to UFC
303.
Longtime featherweight contender Cub Swanson
(29-13) will lock horns with Andre Fili
(23-11) at UFC 303, which will go down at the T-Mobile Arena in Las
Vegas on June. 29. The news was first reported by Fili’s
management, Iridium Sports Agency, in a post to X (formerly known as Twitter).
Swanson has gone 4-2 in his last six Octagon outings and is coming
off a unanimous decision victory against Hakeem
Dawodu in August, last year. The win against Dawodu allowed the
40-year-old to bounce back from a devastating Round 2 technical
knockout loss against Jonathan
Martinez in October 2022.
As for Fili, the
Team Alpha Male product is coming off a Round 1 knockout loss
against Dan
Ige at
UFC Fight Night 236 in February. “Touchy” has gone 2-3 in his
last five bouts, notably recording a Round 1 TKO win against
Lucas
Almeida before suffering his most recent loss to Ige.