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Cub Swanson vs. Darren Elkins set for UFC Fight Night in December

A pair of UFC veterans will share the Octagon at the end of the year.

Cub Swanson and Darren Elkins are expected to meet at an upcoming UFC Fight Night event scheduled for Dec. 18 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The featherweight fight was recently added to the official event page of the promotion and later confirmed by both Swanson and Elkins on their respective social media accounts.

Swanson recently suffered a first-round technical knockout loss to Giga Chikadze at UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Procházka this past May. Prior to the loss to Chikadze, the 37-year-old snapped a career-worst four-fight losing streak by defeating Kron Gracie in a ‘Fight of the Night’ awarded performance at UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs.