'Fulfilled' Cub Swanson reflects on 22-year MMA career

Cub Swanson enjoyed a memorable farewell at UFC 327. | Getty/UFC Cub Swanson went out on a high note. The 42-year-old Palm Springs, California, native wrapped up a 22-year mixed martial arts career at UFC 327 , where he defeated Nate Landwehr via technical knockout 4:06 into Round 1 of their featherweight clash at the Kaseya Center in Miami on Saturday night.

Swanson made it look easy against the former M-1 Global champion, dropping him twice en route to earning the stoppage. “I wasn't expecting that,” Swanson told the UFC. “I was really worried about him picking up the pace late in the fight.

And I was expecting him to to come after me a little bit more. And I was trying to calm it down. And so once I kind of realized that he wasn't having a lot of success, I was like, all right, I need to I need to start pulling the trigger.

” Farewell fights don’t always go as planned, but with his family in attendance, Swanson couldn’t have scripted a better ending to an accomplished MMA career. “I feel fulfilled. Fulfilled is the is the right term,” Swanson said.