Mike Swick, who is coming off a loss to Dan Hardy at UFC 105 in November, recently spoke with UFC.com about the impact that losses have had on his career.

“The way things are going, I don’t like losing and I don’t like sitting on a loss, don’t get me wrong, but looking at my career, some of my most defining points have been from losses. Every loss I’ve ever had, I’ve created a four or five fight win streak. They’ve had a great impact on my career, and in the eyes of the fans and the people who follow and care about me, it shows a lot when they see you get beat and then you come back strong and show them that everybody loses, everybody stumbles, and everybody has a bad day.

It’s how you act afterwards that’s admirable and I got a lot of respect from a lot of my fans for that and it’s something that I strive to keep doing. I want to show that if you do lose or come up short, you just don’t give up. Don’t doubt yourself, just come back strong and keep building on your career.”

Swick will be looking to rebound from his loss to Hardy when he takes on Paulo Thiago on February 6 at UFC 109.

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