UFC 189’s Mike Swick thought ‘fighting was going be over’ after 2012 KO loss

\uf611 Tweet (2) \uf610 Share \uf650 Pin Mike Swick thought the end had come three years ago, when mid-revival Matt Brown caught him clean on the chin and millions of FOX viewers witnessed firsthand exactly how far Swick had fallen. That outing, for however devastating it was at the time, served as notice for Swick this his two-fight comeback run may not have been as viable of an idea as he first envisioned.

That was back in 2012, though by then these issues were nothing new. Swick's career, years earlier, was derailed by what doctors eventually learned -- after several misdiagnoses -- to be an esophageal spasm. The problem first arose in 2007, then worsened and worsened until Swick was…