UPDATED: Dustin Poirier vs Cub Swanson at FUEL 7- Siver out

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WEMBLEY ARENA CO-MAIN EVENT! Dennis Siver to slug it out with Cub Swanson! #ESPNUFC

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Dustin Poirier replaces Dennis Siver, meets Cub Swanson at UFC on FUEL TV 7

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Jan 17, 2013 at 12:45 pm ET

Dustin Poirier (13-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) has replaced Dennis Siver (21-8 MMA, 10-5 UFC) and now meets fellow featherweight contender Cub Swanson (18-5 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in the co-headliner of next month's UFC on FUEL TV 7 event.

UFC officials today announced the change, though the reason for Siver's withdrawal wasn't disclosed.

UFC on FUEL TV 7 takes place Feb. 16 at Wembley Arena in London. The main card airs on FUEL TV following prelims on Facebook.

Poirier and Swanson are slated for the co-main event.

The full UFC on FUEL TV 7 lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (3 p.m. ET)

• Renan Barao vs. Michael McDonald - for interim bantamweight title
• Dustin Poirier vs. Cub Swanson
• Cyrille Diabate vs. Jimi Manuwa
• Justin Edwards vs. Gunnar Nelson
• Ryan Jimmo vs. James Te Huna
• Che Mills vs. Matthew Riddle

PRELIMINARY CARD (noon ET)

• Terry Etim vs. Renee Forte
• Danny Castillo vs. Paul Sass
• Josh Grispi vs. Andy Ogle
• Stanislav Nedkov vs. Tom Watson
• Vaughan Lee vs. Motonobu Tezuka
• Ulysses Gomez vs. Phil Harris

Wow that going to be an amazing card!

Winner of this should get winner of Aldo/Frankie.

Wants up up with Korean Zombie though? Where is he?

Nice fight. I think Siver can win it. Zombie could of been the guy that fought Siver just as easily. We'll see what they give him.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Nice fight. I think Siver can win it. Zombie could of been the guy that fought Siver just as easily. We'll see what they give him.

Hearing rumors that he might fight Darren Elkins on the Japan card...weird fight..

Really though Elkins or Peralta is who I would of booked him against. Or Maybe Mendes if he wins this weekend or Haracan when healthy. There are really only 8 or 9 guys in thh mix at 145 imo.

Good fight. Originally was thinking Siver, now kind of leaning Cub

Sweet fight.

UFC's FW division is coming along nice heading into 2013.

Really looking forward to how the top of this division plays out this early winter more than I have ever before for Featherweight.

All of the top ranked UFC FWs are fighting in January and Feburary except the Korean Zombie, Dustin Porier, Harcan Dias, Robbie Peralta and Darren Elkins.

Coming soon this winter (with my own personal rankings attached) we get 12 of the best FWs in the sport fighting each other in a 33 day span:


1/19/2013
Ricardo Lamas TOP 5 vs Erik Koch TOP 10

1/19/2013
Diego Nunes TOP 10 vs Nik Lentz TOP 20

1/26/2013
Hatsu Hioki TOP 15 vs Clay Guida TOP 15

2/2/2013
Jose Aldo TOP 1 vs Frankie Edgar TOP 5

2/16/2013
Dennis Siver TOP 7 vs Cub Swanson TOP 8

2/23/2013
Chad Mendez TOP 10 vs Manny Gamburyan TOP 20

Siver out, Poirier in.

Not a bad fill in. Sucks about Siver.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Not a bad fill in. Sucks about Siver.

I wonder if he was pulled in favor of another fight, if he is injured or if it's visa issues or what?

Good fill in although not happy it didn't take long for issues to plague a high profile fight in 2013

Solid replacement.

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I've dropped about 40 pounds for this fight. I'm almost there, and am actually a little ahead of schedule. When I got the call, eight weeks out, I was 185. I've always walked around big and never had an issue dropping the weight for the cut.

-Swanson