28 Facts About Jordan Watson

Jordan Watson was born on 4 December 1987 and is an English Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the middleweight division.

Jordan Watson won the ISKA World Super Welterweight Muay Thai Championship in 2010 and then found further recognition the following year by finishing as runner-up on The Challenger Muay Thai reality television show.

Jordan Watson started Muay Thai training at the age of six with Richard Smith at Bad Company Thai Boxing Gym where he is a training partner of Liam Harrison.

Jordan Watson had over seventy fights and won eight titles during his amateur career and turned professional as a seventeen-year-old in 2004.

Jordan Watson was floored twice by the Algerian in round two, forcing the referee to stop the fight.

Jordan Watson was dropped with a body shot in round three and lost the fight by unanimous decision, although he gave a good account of himself against the vastly more experienced Buakaw.

Jordan Watson rebounded with a second round technical knockout win over former Rajadamnern Stadium champion Hino Kiatti in Blackpool, England, on 2 October 2010 before facing Toshiya Nakagawa for the vacant ISKA World Super Welterweight Muay Thai Championship on 20 November 2010 in Birmingham, England.

Jordan Watson knocked Nakagawa down with a high kick in round three and won a clear-cut unanimous decision to take the title.

Jordan Watson ended the year by competing at the 2010 edition of the King's Cup in Bangkok, Thailand on 5 December 2010.

Jordan Watson defeated Antuan Siangboxing on points in the quarter-finals but lost to eventual champion Yodsanklai Fairtex by the same margin in the semis.

Jordan Watson made the first defence of his ISKA world title against Cedric Muller at Siam Warriors in Cork, Ireland on 16 April 2011.

Jordan Watson then joined the short-lived Muaythai Premier League and, in his only appearance in the promotion, lost to Ky Hollenbeck by unanimous decision after being floored with a spinning backfist in a three-round bout at Muaythai Premier League: Strength and Honor in Padova, Italy, on 8 October 2011.

Towards the end of the year, Jordan Watson joined the cast of The Challenger Muay Thai reality television show, the unofficial successor to The Contender Asia, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Jordan Watson defeated Cyrus Washington, Cedric Muller in a rematch, and Mostafa Abdollahi over sixteen weeks on the road to the final where he faced Tum Mardsua in December 2011.

Jordan Watson looked comfortable and sailed through the three, two-minute rounds with a points decision and went up against Saiyok Pumpanmuang in the final.

Saiyok fought aggressively as is typical of his style and Jordan Watson was more than willing to oblige as the pair exchanged kicks, punches, knees and elbows for five rounds.

Jordan Watson was set to fight Aikpracha Meenayothin in the WMC Prince's Cup 2012 in Bangkok in July 2012 but was replaced by Marco Pique for undisclosed reasons.

Jordan Watson put an end to his two-fight losing streak when he won a decision over Hamed Hassan in a three rounder at Thai Fight: Leicester 2012 in Leicester, England, on 17 August 2012.

In yet another close but unsuccessful fight with a top Thai, Jordan Watson fought to a draw with Kem Sitsongpeenong in a three-round bout at Yokkao Extreme 2013 on 26 January 2013 in Milan, Italy.

Jordan Watson made his return to kickboxing and his sophomore appearance in Glory at Glory 5: London on 23 March 2013, defeating Steve Moxon by unanimous decision.

Jordan Watson was initially scheduled to rematch with Aikpracha Meenayothin at MAX Muay Thai 3 in Zhengzhou, China on 10 August 2013 but his opponent was instead changed to Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong, and Watson lost by way of a controversial decision.

Jordan Watson had a scheduled match with Albert Kraus at Glory 10: Los Angeles - World Middleweight Championship Tournament in Ontario, California, United States on 28 September 2013 but was unable to compete due to visa issues and was replaced by Ky Hollenbeck.

Jordan Watson was scheduled to fight Enriko Kehl at Siam Warriors: Revolution on Leeside in Cork on 1 March 2014 but Enriko withdrew from the fight for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by his brother Juri.

Jordan Watson defeated Kehl via high kick KO in the first round.

On 21 March 2015, Jordan Watson failed to defend his yokkao title against an up-and-coming Swedish fighter Sanny Dahlbeck.

On 10 October 2015, Watson bounced back from the defeat by dominating the whole fight against K1 GP Finalist Jordann Pikeur.

Jordan Watson successfully avenged his loss and regained the yokkao title in a five round exciting fight.

On 25 March 2017, Jordan Watson came back to defend his yokkao title against Thai fighter Sorgraw Petchyindee.