Quebec’s Charles (Air) Jourdain wins bantamweight debut on UFC Edmonton card

Last updated Nov 3, 2024

Canadian Charles (Air) Jourdain celebrated his bantamweight debut by submitting American Victor (La Mangosta) Henry within the second spherical on the UFC Battle Night time undercard Saturday.

The five-foot-nine Jourdain (16-8-1) had beforehand fought at featherweight (145 kilos) and light-weight (155) however dropped all the way down to 135 kilos after two straight losses.

“It’s incredible. I’m one of the smallest featherweights. Now, being a bantamweight, I feel I’m in the right place,” stated Jourdain, who improved to 7-7-1 in UFC motion.

The 28-year-old from Beloeil, Que., seemed faster on his ft within the first spherical, attacking Henry with punches and kicks whereas dipping into his arsenal of flying knees.

However the 37-year-old Henry took Jourdain down within the second spherical. Jourdain seemed for a guillotine choke and when the 2 fighters obtained again to their ft and Henry seemed for one more takedown, Jourdain locked on his neck once more as they went down.

Henry (24-7-0 with one no-contest) tapped rapidly to the guillotine choke at 3:43 of the second spherical.

The principle occasion at Rogers Place featured former flyweight champion Brandon (The Murderer Child) Moreno, presently ranked second amongst 125-pound contenders and No. 3 Amir (The Prince) Albazi.

Canadian-based fighters went 4-1 on the undercard.

Montreal bantamweight Aiemann Zahabi seemed spectacular in successful his fifth straight within the UFC with a unanimous (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) choice over Brazilian veteran Pedro (The Younger Punisher) Munhoz.

The battle was primarily contested on the ft, with Zahabi (12-2-0) exhibiting sooner fingers. Munhoz’s face was bloody and battered by the point the bout ended.

The 36-year-old Zahabi had older brother Firas Zahabi, a famous coach who coached UFC Corridor of Famer Georges St-Pierre, in his nook. The 38-year-old Munhoz, a 10-year-veteran of the UFC who has confronted elite opposition, fell to 20-10-0 along with his third straight loss.

Serhiy Sidey of Burlington, Ont., recorded his first UFC win with a break up (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) choice over American bantamweight Garrett Armfield. Armfield, who was giving up 5 inches in top to the five-foot-11 Sidey, appeared destined for the win by advantage of his superior boxing expertise and a number of other takedowns.

However the judges noticed it in a different way.

Sidey, who moved to Canada along with his household from Ukraine when he was six, misplaced a break up choice to American Ramon (The Savage) Taveras in his January UFC debut.

Canadian Jamey-Lyn Horth (7-1-0) opened the card with a break up choice (30-27, 28-29, 29-28) win over Ivana Petrovic (7-2-0), a Croatian-born flyweight preventing out of Norway. Horth, a 34-year-old from Squamish, B.C., who had misplaced a break up choice final outing, improved to 2-1-0 within the UFC.

American bantamweight Cody (The Renegade) Gibson outgrappled Calgary’s Chad (The Monster) Anheliger (13-8-0) en path to a unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) win in a battle of 37-year-olds.

The five-foot-six Anheliger, who fell to 2-3-0 within the UFC, was giving up 6.5 inches in attain and 4 inches in top to Gibson (22-10-0).

Colorado-based featherweight Youssef (The Moroccan Satan) Zalal recorded his third straight submission win within the UFC in 2024, stopping Jack (Tank) Shore of Wales through arm-triangle 59 seconds into the second spherical. Zalal (16-5-1) ran his total win streak to 6, locking within the submission after beautiful Shore (17-3-0) with a knee to the top.

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Zalal is 3-0-0 in his second stint within the UFC after going 3-3-1 in his first go-round.

Moldova’s Alexandr (King Kong) Romanov (18-3-0), ranked thirteenth amongst heavyweight contenders, gained a unanimous (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) choice over No. 15 Rodrigo Nascimento of Brazil (11-3-0)

The present was the UFC’s first in Canada since UFC 297 on Jan. 20 in Toronto.