Canadian Charles (Air) Jourdain is moving down to bantamweight to take on Victor (La Mangosta) Henry on the UFC's Nov. 2 Fight Night card in Edmonton.
Canadian Charles Jourdain is moving down to bantamweight to take on Victor Henry on the UFC's Nov. 2 Fight Night card in Edmonton.
The five-foot-nine Jourdain has been fighting at 145 pounds as a featherweight but is dropping down to 135 after back-to-back losses to Sean Woodson at UFC 297 in January and Brazil's Jean Silva at UFC 303 in June.Henry is coming off a first-round TKO of Rani Yahya in April. He is 3-1-0 with one no-contest in the promotion. The no-contest came during the prelims of UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi last October when the 37-year-old American could not continue after taking a kick to the groin from Javid Basharat.
Other Canadians on the Rogers Place card are Chad Anheliger, Marc-Andre Barriault, Jamey-Lyn Horth, Jasmine Jasudavicius, Mike Malott and Aiemann Zahabi. The show also features Serhiy Sidey, who was born in Ukraine but now fights out of Burlington, Ont., and Brazilian-born Caio Machado who fights out of Vancouver.
The main event pits former flyweight champion Brandon Moreno against No. 3 contender Amir Albazi. The co-main event is a flyweight bout between No. 3 Erin Blanchfield and No. 5 Rose Namajunas.
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