Mike "Quick" Swick Fighting for a Bracelet

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Over the last few years interest in poker went through the roof, and right now mixed martial arts is enjoying a similar spike in popularity. Huge media companies like ESPN now cover major Ultimate Fighting Championship bouts, and their pay-per-view numbers are starting to rival (and overtake) those for boxing.

Mike "Quick" Swick has run up a 11-2 record as a middleweight in the UFC, and now he's trying his hand in another form of combat -- tournament poker. As we approach the money bubble, Swick is still in the hunt with 27,000 in chips. Most fighters dedicate their lives to winning a championship belt, and wouldn't a World Series of Poker bracelet be a perfect companion piece?

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