Shane Burgos was surprised when he got the call to fight Cub Swanson.
Burgos, who meets Swanson on the UFC Ottawa main card on Saturday night, said he was “a little taken aback” when he found out his next opponent would be the veteran featherweight. “Hurricane” was expecting a top 10-15 opponent, he said, but perhaps not someone with the name value of Swanson.
“I really did not expect that at all,” Burgos told Bloody Elbow. “It’s pretty funny — I was like, ‘Woah, OK, yes, let’s do it.’ I definitely wasn’t expecting Cub’s name.”
Most recently, Burgos bounced back from his first pro loss with a submission of Kurt Holobaugh last November at UFC 230.