40 Facts About Mike Swick

Michael Timothy Swick was born on June 19,1979 and is a retired American professional mixed martial artist, who spent most of his career competing for the UFC's middleweight division.

Mike Swick was born in Houston, Texas, on June 19,1979.

Mike Swick then participated in amateur fights in Texas before sanctioning was formed.

Mike Swick began his professional career in smaller shows, including early events of World Extreme Cagefighting.

Mike Swick lost the fight by knockout at 45 seconds of the second round.

Mike Swick participated as a light heavyweight on Randy Couture's team.

Leben insisted on talking about his victory over Mike Swick, which irritated him.

Mike Swick's first fight in the show came during the semi-finals.

Mike Swick faced Stephan Bonnar, but was defeated by triangle armbar at 4:55 of the first round, eliminating him from the show.

Mike Swick lived up to his nickname with several quick stoppages in his subsequent fights.

Mike Swick followed up with two first-round guillotine choke submissions over Steve Vigneault and Joe Riggs at UFC 58 and UFC 60, respectively.

At UFC 63, Mike Swick faced former title challenger David Loiseau and earned a unanimous decision victory.

Mike Swick suffered ligament damage to his hand during the fight.

Mike Swick had Okami noticeably rattled toward the end of the second round with a flurry of punches, but ultimately succumbed to Okami's superior wrestling and physical presence, as he was taken down comfortably and suffered an onslaught of ground and pound for the majority of the fight.

Mike Swick was then scheduled to fight Jonathan Goulet, but withdrew from the fight due to a rib injury.

Mike Swick dropped down to welterweight and headlined UFC Fight Night 12 against Josh Burkman, winning by majority decision.

Mike Swick next appeared at UFC 85 against Marcus Davis, who was riding a six-fight win streak in the UFC coming into the bout.

Mike Swick controlled the fight with disciplined striking skills en route to a unanimous decision victory.

Mike Swick next faced Jonathan Goulet at UFC: Fight for the Troops.

Mike Swick opened up with a characteristically aggressive flurry of punches, knocking Goulet out on his feet.

Mike Swick rushed in with ground strikes before the referee stopped the fight.

Mike Swick was scheduled to fight Martin Kampmann on September 19,2009 at UFC 103.

Mike Swick replaced an injured Dong Hyun Kim and faced Dan Hardy on November 14,2009 at UFC 105.

Mike Swick was rocked by a straight right hand from Hardy early in the first round and rocked again in the second and third rounds.

Mike Swick went on to lose the fight by unanimous decision.

At UFC 109, on February 6,2010, Mike Swick lost to Paulo Thiago via technical submission by a d'arce choke, after taking a counter left in an exchange in the second round.

Mike Swick refused to tap to the choke, rendering him unconscious.

Mike Swick was expected to return to action against David Mitchell on January 22,2011 at UFC Fight Night 23.

However, Mitchell was forced out of the fight with a back injury and Mike Swick felt as if his stomach condition was not completely healed, so the bout was scrapped from the card altogether.

Mike Swick was expected to face promotional newcomer Erick Silva on August 27,2011 at UFC 134.

However, on August 4,2011, it was announced that Mike Swick had to withdraw from the bout due to a knee injury.

Mike Swick faced DaMarques Johnson on August 4,2012 at UFC on FOX 4.

Mike Swick defeated Johnson via KO at 1:20 into the second round.

The finish came when Mike Swick caught a leg kick, tripped Johnson to the ground, and landed a diving punch that immediately knocked Johnson out.

Mike Swick lost the fight, after being knocked out in the second round.

Mike Swick spent all of 2013 in Phuket Thailand, building his dream gym, AKA Thailand.

On July 16,2015, Mike Swick posted on his Facebook page that he was officially retiring from active MMA competition to focus on running his gym AKA Thailand.

Now retired from professional fighting, Mike Swick currently owns and runs his own gym in Phuket, Thailand, known as AKA Thailand, which is linked to the main American Kickboxing Academy headquarters in San Jose, California.

On February 16,2022 Mike Swick announced he is diagnosed with cancer.

Mike Swick was featured in Fight Life, an award-winning documentary on the sport of MMA, which was released in 2013.