A UFC on Versus 3 featherweight matchup between Eric Koch (11-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Cub Swanson (15-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is now official.UFC brass recently announced the contest, which was first reported by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
The two WEC imports meets on March 3 at the UFC's first-ever event in the Bluegrass State, which takes place at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.
Koch scored a November 2010 TKO win over Francisco Rivera and earned WEC 52's "Knockout of the Night" honors for the effort. The 22-year-old Duke Roufus-trained fighter closed out his WEC career with a 4-1 mark, and the lone loss came via decision to contender Chad Mendes in early 2010. Despite the rangy fighter's quick hands, Koch has registered seven submission wins among his 11 career victories.
He now faces Swanson, one of his most experienced opponents to date. After an initial 2-1 stint in the WEC in 2007, Swanson returned in 2008 and went 3-2 in five more bouts for the promotion. The losses came to current champ Jose Aldo and Mendes, and the wins came over Hiroyuki Takaya, John Franchi and Mackens Semerzier. All three of the victories earned the Greg Jackson-trained fighter "Fight of the Night" bonuses.
With the addition, the latest UFC on Versus 3 card now includes:
- Martin Kampmann vs. Diego Sanchez
- C.B. Dollaway vs. Mark Munoz
- Brian Bowles vs. Damacio Page
- Shane Roller vs. Thiago Tavares
- Eric Koch vs. Cub Swanson
- Takeya Mizugaki vs. Francisco Rivera
- Rob Kimmons and Dongi Yang
- Todd Brown vs. Igor Pokrajac
- Rafael Natal vs. Alessio Sakara*
- Johny Hendricks vs. Paulo Thiago*
- Dave Branch vs. Rousimar Palhares*
- Cyrille Diabate vs. Steve Cantwell*
- Matt Brown vs. TBA*
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