Swick vs Not Hughes
Tuesday, 30 June 2009 23:30

According to MMAWeekly, a UFC 103 bout between Mike Switck and Martin Kampmann is close to being finalized. It was believed Swick would face Matt Hughes at the event, but instead he'll get Kampmann. Swick probably isn't too happy about the change. Hughes remains a top contender at 170 lbs, mostly on the strength of his legacy. A win over him would be huge for Swick. A win over Kampmann does not bring the same attention.

I can't say I disagree with the UFC's logic. Swick remains unknown to the casual fan. Until recently, he was not finishing fights. Those are two deathblows when it comes to locking down a UFC title shot. The fight with Kampmann is a step up from his previous two bouts with Jonathan Goulet and Ben Saunders. It's a chance for Swick to separate himself from the middle of the Welterweight pack.

At this point you have St-Pierre, Alves, and Fitch in the top group. They are followed by Koscheck and Hughes. Then in the third (middle) pack it's Swick and Kampmann. That's not how I'd rank them, but it's the reality of the situation. A win by Swick moves him up a notch and into a bout to see if he belongs with St-Pierre/Alves/Fitch.

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written by Michael GSPRushFan, July 05, 2009
What about Yushin Okami, or Matt Brown even? I know Yushin isn't very exciting yet, but I think the UFC is keeping him in that category of fighters that just need to be more exciting and then they will be contenders.

After Swick vs Kampmann, I think we need to see Brown vs Fitch and the winners fight each other. Then have the winner of that fighter the winner of Hughes vs Koscheck. And then the winner of that loses to GSP in the end anyway.

And no way in hell do I think Hughes should get a rematch against Georges for a while.
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written by Anonymous, July 06, 2009
I disagree about Swick not finishing fights until now only if your considering his fights as a welterweight. If you look at Swick's fighting history, his first four official UFC fights he finished all four in the first round either by submission or knock out. But even as a welterweight contender, I would not count his first fight at welterweight due to the causality of weight cutting which has seen to be a causality to other fighters such as Coleman, Sanchez, and Vera, So you can say he has finished 2 out of his last 3 fights which is impressive. I do agree that Swick is in that seperate pack, which was the same issue he had issues with as a middleweight, he is a good fighter, but not good enough to stand a chance against Alves, St. Pierre, and Fitch.
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written by a guest, July 06, 2009
Kampmann may not be Hughs... but I think he is an upgrade over where he was. Hugh's wouldn't be a good fight for Swick anyway. Hugh's hasn't shown up against a top opponent for over a year now. The performance against Matt "the mouth" Serra, was far from impressive and really didn't improve his stock at all in my opinion.

Realistically, the Kampmann match up, while less appealing to the casual viewer, will improve his stock much more within the promotion.
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written by GSPRushFan, July 06, 2009
I agree, Kampmann is more of a challenge then Hughes at this point. In my opinion of course.

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