He was a participant in the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, a reality television series produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is one of the reasons for his popularity. He was eliminated from the competition after a semi-final loss to Stephan Bonnar. Prior to being cast on the Ultimate Fighter, he previously lost to fellow TUF alumni Chris Leben by 2nd round Knock Out. Ironically, they would both become members of Randy Couture's team. Swick's story on that loss was that he was not used to fighting southpaws like Leben, and had no training in fighting them.
At The Ultimate Fighter finale, Swick defeated Alex Schoenauer by knockout at 20 seconds into the first round, earning the nickname "Quick" from UFC announcer Mike Goldberg. Since, he has lived up to his nickname by defeating Gideon Ray via KO at :22, Steve Vigneault via submission at 2:09 and Joe Riggs via submission at 2:19. Most of the wins have come by knockout, but also he has been known for using a guillotine choke in closed guard named the "Swickitine".
At UFC 63 Swick beat former title challenger David Loiseau via unanimous decision, where he suffered a hand injury found out to be ligament damage. He went on to challenge middleweight champion Anderson Silva. Swick's first UFC defeat came at UFC 69, losing by decision to Japanese middleweight Yushin Okami.
Chris Leben was asked to fight Mike Swick for the second time on UFC Fight Night 11 for the main event, on any weight class of his choosing but Leben turned down the fight. Swick then was scheduled to Jonathan Goulet but withdrew from the fight on September 2nd due to a rib injury. Swick then defeated Josh Burkman at UFC Fight Night 12 via majority decision.[1]
In his most recent fight, Swick defeated Marcus Davis at UFC 85 on June 7th, 2008.
He currently trains at American Kickboxing Academy.
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