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LAS VEGAS — Canadian featherweight Charles (Air) Jourdain made quick work of Ricardo (Carcacinha) Ramos on Saturday, submitting the Brazilian within the first spherical on a UFC Struggle Night time card.
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Jourdain (15-6-1) scored with some early physique kicks and punches. And when Ramos tried to take him down, the Canadian grabbed maintain of his neck. They went to the bottom with Ramos on high however Jourdain maintained the choke. The Brazilian evaded the maintain and bought again in high place.
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Jourdain escaped with a sweep and, touchdown on his again once more, locked in a guillotine choke, forcing Ramos to faucet at three minutes 12 seconds of the primary spherical.
“I’m a striker, I have to have this little card in my pocket once I’m combating these guys who wish to take me down,” mentioned Jourdain, referencing his grappling. “Now I’ve two excellent guillotine victories in UFC. I’m the youngest Canadian on the roster and I’m the Canadian (at the moment on the roster) with essentially the most UFC fights. I’m very happy with that.”
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Jourdain mentioned combating within the UFC is a chess recreation, “however it’s a really violent chess recreation.”
Jourdain known as out veteran American Cub Swanson after the bout, difficult him to a gathering hopefully early in 2024 in Toronto. Fellow Canadian featherweight Kyle (The Monster) Nelson, within the wake of his unanimous choice over Mexico’s Fernando Padilla earlier this month, additionally known as out Swanson.
Jourdain, a 27-year-old native of Beloeil, Que., who was coming off a call win over Brazil’s Kron Gracie in Could, improved to 6-5-1 within the UFC together with his second straight win.
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The 28-year-old Ramos (16-5-0) fell to 7-4-0 within the promotion. The Brazilian is the one UFC fighter to have posted two wins by spinning back-fist TKOs.
The principle occasion on the UFC Apex manufacturing facility pitted Kazakhstan’s Rafael (Ataman) Fiziev, ranked sixth amongst light-weight contenders, towards No. 7 Mateusz (Gamer) Gamrot of Poland.
