Surgery Sidelines Swick Until Winter or Later

Jul 14, 2008 5:52 PM John Chandler

Mike Swick. Photo property of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

UFC welterweight contender Mike “Quick” Swick will be sidelined indefinitely after undergoing minor surgery to remove lingering bone spurs in his elbow last week.

Swick reported the results of the operation to our friends at MMA Junkie. Swick also admitted that the surgery was planned prior to his unanimous decision win over Marcus Davis last month and that while nothing is set in stone, he hopes to return to action before the end of the year.

“I’ve been needing to get it taken care of for a while,” Swick said in the article. “We knew we had to schedule it right after the Davis fight to get it done. I got a bunch of little bone fragments taken out of my elbow. I think the elbow is going to recover pretty well and I should be back in November. I would say November, maybe December.”

Prior to his win over Davis, Swick won a lackluster majority decision over fellow “Ultimate Fighter” alum Josh Burkman in January. Swick noted that his lack of explosiveness was due in large part to the fight being his first at 170 lbs. He also refuted rumors that he may possibly be fighting newcomer Dan Hardy overseas in October in the article. According to Swick, he would not be able to be back in action so soon.

General • Mike Swick • UFC • Welterweight

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1. craig o
Jul 14, 2008 6:08 PM

unless my laptop isn’t refreshing i think we (mallot, adam and myself) maxed out the responds on mma top ten at 100… lol.

2. AdaMBomB
Jul 14, 2008 6:18 PM

LMAO i just posted a few.. Nowhere near as many as you guys. I havent even read half of the posts. LMAO i was dissapointed to see marcus davis lose like he did. He got slaughtered. But swick is pretty good and deserved it the way he fought. But i always got to root for my irish guys. Just cause im half of one myself.

3. craig o
Jul 14, 2008 6:23 PM

lol my gf is too… i spent the weekend with a bunch of irish folks.. good times. yeah i don’t think i even read half what i posted LOL.

4. John Chandler
from Philadelphia, PA
Jul 14, 2008 6:31 PM

You guys didn’t max it out, the comments just went to the second page. The link to it should be at the bottom of the page, right above the comments box.

5. David M Singer
from NY
Jul 14, 2008 6:33 PM

maxed out the responds on mma top ten at 100

At the end of the comments there’s a “Page 2” option. I’ll try and make that more obvious.

6. craig o
Jul 14, 2008 6:42 PM

really? damn thought we maxed it out lol

i didn’t look very close and this screen is a tad small.