Cub Swanson
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Kevin Luke "Cub" Swanson (born November 2, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist. He competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of August 8, 2018, he is #7 in the official UFC featherweight rankings.

Swanson was born and raised mostly in Palm Springs, California. He had a Swedish-American father, a Mexican mother and four siblings. Swanson's father died three months after he was born. Because of his mother's heavy grieving, Swanson and his siblings were then adopted by a distant relative until his mother healed. The adoptive family was religious so Swanson spent most of his early life in church. Swanson was also home-schooled for most of his young life. However, when Swanson was 14, his adoptive parents divorced and he returned to his mother. He then went to Cathedral City High School, along with future boxer Timothy Bradley.

As a teenager, Swanson associated himself with local gangs and participated in many streets fights. He also drank alcohol and took recreational drugs. The police arrested Swanson and two of his friends for committing a house robbery. As a result, Swanson was placed in a juvenile detention center. He was released when he was 17 years old. At the age of 19, Swanson started working for United Cerebral Palsy, where he helped children with social disabilities. Swanson started playing soccer from the age of four. He even thought of playing in the World Cup. UFC fighter Joe Stevenson invited Swanson to train with him, which he accepted. This marked Swanson's transition into professional MMA.