Mike Swick is facing his “toughest and most aggressive battle” after being diagnosed with cancer seven years following his final MMA bout.
A member of the original The Ultimate Fighter season in 2004 and veteran of 15 UFC appearances, the 42-year-old Houston native published a lengthy post on Instagram revealing he spent the past five weeks undergoing chemotherapy sessions.
” I believe that this condition has been present for more than seven months, but I didn’t know it,” he said. “Even after passing an initial biopsy on my lymph node. Since all vitals were good and I passed all regular tests and blood work, we assumed it was the Johnson and Johnson vaccine side effects, since the nodes [swell] up literally the day after I got it.
“So if you scroll back seven months on my IG, you can see how much fun I was having with cancer and not even knowing it. Free-diving, skydiving, training… kinda crazy. Be safe everyone and never listen to the first diagnosis.”
Swick (15-6) competed as a professional MMA fighter between 1998 and 2015, defeating the likes of Joe Riggs, David Loiseau, Josh Burkman, Ben Saunders and Alex Schoenauer in the UFC before ending his career on a 1-4 run that spanned six years.
Read Swick’s full statement below.
Sometimes life throws you lemons, and then sometimes the whole lemon tree falls on your head.
Anyway, for those wondering where I have been the last 5 weeks, I been battling cancer in the toughest and most aggressive battle I have ever had.
Started with a 48 hour water fast, then the first Chemo session with an additional 24 hour water fast, then a day of solid plant based organic food, followed by another chemo and fast, then plant based again, keeping this routine until the week was over. From then I kept Chemo every other day for the next 3 weeks while eating only plant based organic cancer killing foods daily.
After 7 days all 15+ swollen lymph nodes in my neck were completely gone. Never had a single fever throughout, and vitals were always normal. Round 1 went to me for sure!
I then continued the same chemo-plant-based regimen, but without any fasting until I was checked out just a few days ago.
Now recovering at home and actually feeling amazing mentally! All vitals are still in good shape, but they’re still full of Chemo. They also feel a bit weak and thin. The lowest I got after the fasts and first week was 151lbs.
I will have a scan done and an update within a week, but this is not something that I want to conceal. I want everyone to watch as I beat this BS and recover myself back to 100% with a full recovery. So stay tuned…
P.S. I apparently had this for over 7 months without knowing. After a lymph node biopsy, I was still not able to tell the difference. All vitals were normal and all blood tests passed, so we assumed that it was the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine side effect. The nodes swole literally one day after my initial biopsy. So if you scroll back 7 months on my IG, you can see how much fun I was having with cancer and not even knowing it. Training, free-diving and skydiving are all possibilities. Everyone be safe and don’t listen to anyone.
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P.S.S. We are about to have an amazing Chapter 2 my love!
