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Shane Burgos has always been a fan of Cub Swanson, but he’s ‘just another man’ come Saturday

It’s been over a dozen years since UFC 66, when the “Iceman” Chuck Liddell steamrolled Tito Ortiz in the rematch to defend his light heavyweight title. That was the first event that the Bronx-born Shane Burgos can recall watching live. He was just 15 years old, not quite old enough to get his first job at the mall. But it was the one that truly opened his eyes to MMA and the UFC, and perhaps — in a roundabout way — played a key role in delivering him to Ottawa this weekend for the biggest fight of his career.