Jordan Andrew Espinosa was born on November 8,1989 and is an American mixed martial artist competing in the flyweight division.
20 Facts About Jordan Espinosa
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Jordan Espinosa is most notable for his time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Jordan Espinosa won the state championship as a sophomore, placed third as a junior and second in his senior year.
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Jordan Espinosa attended the University of New Mexico where he received a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering.
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Jordan Espinosa achieved victory in his next three fights as well, with submission wins over Corey Cline and Noah Gagstatter, as well as a decision victory over Aaron Arvanitis.
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Jordan Espinosa made his professional debut in 2012 at Fostoria Fight Night, where he faced Joshua Killion.
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Jordan Espinosa faced Nick Urso in a rematch on August 22,2017, at Dana White's Contender Series 7, after their first fight in the regional circuit ended in a no contest.
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Jordan Espinosa won the rematch by a technical submission via a d'arce choke.
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Jordan Espinosa won the fight by TKO at the very end of the third round.
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Jordan Espinosa was scheduled to make his UFC debut on November 10,2018, at UFC Fight Night: The Korean Zombie vs Rodriguez against Mark De La Rosa.
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Jordan Espinosa subsequently made his debut on March 23,2019, against Eric Shelton at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs Pettis.
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Jordan Espinosa's next faced Matt Schnell at UFC on ESPN: Covington vs Lawler on August 3,2019.
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Jordan Espinosa lost in the first round by triangle choke submission.
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Jordan Espinosa next faced Alex Perez at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs dos Santos on January 25,2020.
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Jordan Espinosa lost the fight in the first round by technical submission due to an arm triangle choke.
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Jordan Espinosa was scheduled to face Zhalgas Zhumagulov at a UFC in Kazakhstan on June 13,2020.
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Jordan Espinosa faced Mark De La Rosa at UFC on ESPN: Eye vs Calvillo on June 13,2020.
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Jordan Espinosa faced David Dvorak on September 19,2020, at UFC Fight Night: Covington vs Woodley.
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Jordan Espinosa was expected to face Tim Elliott on January 16,2021, at UFC on ABC 1.
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On March 11,2021, it was announced that Jordan Espinosa was released from the UFC.