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Charles Jourdain is set to take on Lando Vannata in a very exciting featherweight fight at UFC Vegas 52. The two are known as exciting strikers and bring fan-friendly styles to every fight in the promotion.
The fight is taking place at the UFC Apex where there won't be a crowd and the arena will be close to silent. That's actually what Charles Jourdain likes as he gets ready to face Lando Vannata.
“Of course I miss the fan aspect, but there’s something more pure and violent when you can hear his cornermen,” Jourdain told MMA Junkie at UFC Fight Night 205 media day on Wednesday. “Like, let’s say I drop him, they freak out. My cornermen excited or the other way around, if I’m in danger, there’s something more pure about being in such a personal space fighting each other. So for me it’s a little more violent, and I really like it.”
Charles Jourdain couldn't believe his eyes when the UFC offered him a fight with Lando Vanatta. The former lightweight has had a violent reputation ever since he made his UFC debut against Tony Ferguson and went toe-to-toe with him.
“He takes a lot of damage and inflicts it as well,” Jourdain said ahead of UFC Vegas 52. “So when I saw (the fight offer), I was like, ‘You’re kidding me.’ I’m fighting a guy who bled with Tony Ferguson, so for me it’s a good name, good scrap. It’s good for him, it’s good for me. There’s a lot of momentum behind this fight, people called it their main event, not everyone, but a lot of people say that’s gonna be the scrap of the night, and I think I agree with that.
“I’m happy because I want to be remembered as a warrior. Someone who really got in there with the guys that tried to bleed and put on the wars and phenomenal performances. It’s a spectacle at the end of the day that we’re doing so I want to be remembered as this young Canadian warrior who never said no, stepped in for this guy, did this, did that, did push kicks, did heel kicks. I wanted to be remembered as this so this is a very good fight to prove that.”
