In his seminal novel “Fight Club,” author Chuck Palahniuk had a simple question, posed by the character Tyler Durden:
“How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?”
Cub Swanson agrees, noting that, at some point, everyone should experience the art of combat.
“When I think about it, I feel like everyone should have a fight,” said the featherweight veteran, who competes for the 39th time as a professional mixed martial artist this Saturday when he faces Giga Chikadze in Las Vegas. “People get all sensitive, but all I'm saying is that everyone can do so much more than they think.