1. Jordan Rinaldi was born on September 25,1987 and is an American mixed martial artist.
20 Facts About Jordan Rinaldi
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Jordan Rinaldi graduated from David W Butler High School in nearby Matthews, North Carolina.
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Jordan Rinaldi attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte after high school and worked at a car wash station part-time.
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Jordan Rinaldi's coworker at the car wash, who was a BJJ practitioner, introduced him to BJJ and since then he has transitioned from wrestling to MMA.
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Jordan Rinaldi fought in a number of promotions including World Series of Fighting and Resurrection Fighting Alliance during his early MMA career.
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Jordan Rinaldi picked up eight stoppages in 12 professional career wins since his 2010 debut, noticeably held wins over former UFC veterans Dennis Bermudez, Diego Saraiva and Clay Harvison.
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Jordan Rinaldi held a 5 fight winning streak prior to signing with the UFC.
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Jordan Rinaldi competed for the featherweight title for Resurrection Fighting Alliance in 2012 and lost the fight to Jared Downing.
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Jordan Rinaldi was the former Welterweight champion for Complete Devastation promotion where he submitted Tenyeh Dixon who missed the welterweight upper limit of 22 lbs on that fight.
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Jordan Rinaldi was one of the contestants for the UFC TV MMA fighting competition, The Ultimate Fighter 15 known as The Ultimate Fighter: Live in 2012.
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Jordan Rinaldi faced Joe Proctor during the entry round and lost the fight via submission on round 1 and failed to be accepted into the TUF house.
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Jordan Rinaldi made his promotional debut as a short notice replacement, filling in for Carlos Diego Ferreira who was pulled out from the fight due to a potential USADA violation, against Abel Trujillo on May 29,2017 at UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt.
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Jordan Rinaldi next faced Alvaro Herrera on August 5,2017 at UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs Moreno.
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Jordan Rinaldi won this fight via submission in round one.
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Jordan Rinaldi is the fourth fighter in UFC history to have defeated an opponent with a Von Flue Choke submission.
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Jordan Rinaldi faced Gregor Gillespie on January 27,2018 at UFC on Fox: Jacare vs Brunson 2.
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Jordan Rinaldi lost the fight via TKO in the first round.
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Jordan Rinaldi faced Jason Knight on November 3,2018 at UFC 230.
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Jordan Rinaldi faced Arnold Allen on March 16,2019 at UFC Fight Night 147.
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On May 16,2019 it was reported that Jordan Rinaldi was released by UFC.