LAS VEGAS – Charles Jourdain wants to fight veteran Cub Swanson, especially after their most recent interaction.
Jourdain called out Swanson after his submission win at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 228 at the UFC Apex. Jourdain (15-6-1 MMA, 6-5-1 UFC) tapped Ricardo Ramos (16-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC) with a guillotine choke in the first round of their featherweight contest.
After the fight, in his post-fight interview with Michael Bisping, Jourdain shot his shot.
“I saw Cub Swanson around,” Jourdain said. “I know I said I wasn’t going to call anyone out, but Barboza doesn’t want it and I just fought two very good Brazilians. So Cub, let’s fight in Toronto. Canadian fans deserve a very good fight between the new school and the old school.”
Jourdain didn’t plan on calling anyone out, but a negative interaction with Swanson during fight week changed his mind.
“I just had another interaction with him a couple of days ago with him,” Jourdain said at the UFC Fight Night 228 post-fight news conference. “I went to shake his hand, you guys know me, I’m a very nice guy, and he was sizing me all the time. I’m like, ‘Dude, f*ck you.’ I’m not a mean guy. I said congratulations on your last victory, and he was like, ‘Yeah, thank you.’ Ok, I’ll punch you, motherf*cker.”
Apart from not having a pleasant interaction with Swanson, Jourdain also thinks that fight makes all the sense in the world.
“Cub, I wouldn’t be asking for him if he was going down, but he just fought Hakeem (Dawodu) in a very nice fight and Hakeem is a very capable man,” Jourdain said. “He’s one of my fellow Canadians. Yes, it was for some people controversial, but Cub looked fantastic in there. It’s a big name. It’s a fun fight for me. It’s a fun fight for the fans. They can use the fact that I’ve been calling him out since I was 23 years old and yeah to build up something. If he wants to.”
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