Cub Swanson vs Doo Ho Choi monumental featherweight fight from 2016 inducted into UFC Hall of Fame 2022
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Doo Ho Choi vs Cub Swanson at UFC 206
UFC Featherweights Cub Swanson and Doo Ho Choi are officially tied together in golden words forever. Swanson and Choi, who fought each other back in December 2016 at UFC 206, went on an insane 3-round back and forth that made the Toronto crowd go wild in awe of what they just saw. Little did they know they were watching history in its making. As of now, both fighters are on a different statuses in their professional career.
While Swanson last fought in December 2021 against Darren Elkins where he nailed a spectacular finish off a very durable fighter. Choi has not fought in nearly 3 years after undergoing a three-fight losing streak, starting with Swanson himself. Choi therefore last fought in 2019, losing to Charles Jourdain.
Cub Swanson and Doo Ho Choi leave a part of themselves fighting and stealing the show in Toronto
The UFC announced at UFC 273 that the Hall of Fame class of 2022 would induct the historic fight between Swanson and Choi from UFC 206. Going into the fight, Choi was the favourite as he was someone coming with a record of 14-1 in the overall MMA career and had 12 finishes in his resume, 11 of them via knockout. Swanson on the other hand was on a 2-fight winning streak.
But Swanson proved the betting odds wrong as he ran over Choi with heavy hands and forward pressure, but Choi had his moments as well which made the fight, one exciting back and forth battle to be remembered for the ages. Swanson has also reacted to the Hall of Fame induction to this on Twitter calling it the ‘greatest night of his life.’
What did you make of this first induction for the UFC Hall of Fame class of 2022? Where do you put the fight amongst your all-time favourites? And who do you want to see Swanson go against next? Where do you put Swanson amongst your all-time favourite fighters? For someone who has been fighting since the WEC days, Swanson has seen and gone toe-to-toe with all in the sport of MMA. He has been a true veteran of this sport, so very well-deserving to be in the one-half of the Hall of Fame induction.
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