Mike "Quick" Swick was forced to drop out of his UFC 103 bout to determine the #1 contender to GSP's belt with Martin Kampmann earlier this week due to a concussion incurred while training. Swick has published a statement on his Twitter page requesting Matt Hughes as an opponent and sharing that he will be ready to return to action as soon as UFC 104.

"No next opponent has been offered, but yes I would love to fight Hughes. I will be ready by UFC 104 so just waiting for the UFC to call." "I have no set return yet. I just said I will be ready by UFC 104. So 104, 105, 106, 107... I will fight as soon as I get an opportunity!"

This is a questionable opponent for Swick to call out, considering the former champion and UFC veteran Hughes is no longer relevant in the current welterweight sweepstakes, competing only once in 2008 and once so far in 2009, and going 2-3 since losing his title to St. Pierre at UFC 65. Given, the welterweight division has many pivotal match-ups in the works which tie up available adversaries, with Thiago Alves rumored to be fighting Paulo Thiago, Dong Hyun Kim facing Dan Hardy, former contender Karo Parisyan taking on Dustin Hazelett, and Carlos Condit scheduled to square off against Jake Ellenberger.  Jon Fitch and Josh Koscheck are fellow teammates of Swick. This only leaves a handful of opponents, few of which would legitimize a title shot should he win, although many weren't sold that the original match of Swick vs. Kampmann was worthy.  This really only leaves names like Hughes, Anthony Johnson, Chris Lytle, or newcomer Johnny Hendricks (who just KO'd TUF-winner Amir Sadollah) for Swick to target in order to regain his momentum as a top contender.

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