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Mike Swick living his best life post retirement: ‘Fighting was never my end game’

The Ultimate Fighter season 1 cast member has dedicated himself to mixed martial arts for more than two decades but competing inside the UFC Octagon wasn’t supposed to be his grandest accomplishment.

In fact, Swick says he had long term plans for what he was going to do after fighting was finished long before he called it a career back in 2015.

“I never set out for fighting to be my end game,” Swick told MMA Fighting. “I broke things down at an early stage in my life. I realized that fighting is entertainment and entertainment is short-lived.