Scrapp! FIGHT MAGAZINE
May - 2016
7
WSOF Getting Heavy with
Jordan, Hood Signings
Article By: Jay Anderson
Something peculiar happened
last October: UFC heavyweight
Shawn Jordan (18-7), veteran
of 10 fights in the octagon,
and 3-1 in his last four bouts,
finished his current UFC deal
with a decision loss to Ruslan
Magomedov, and despite a
winning record in the promo-
tion that included a spectacular
hook kick knockout of Derrick
Lewis (technically a TKO as he
followed it up with strikes),
a new contract was not an-
nounced.
From that point forward, Jor-
dan seemed to be in limbo.
His absence was a little odd,
perhaps, but Jordan was never
a name headlining cards, so his
situation may have flown un-
der the radar. Yet while Fedor
came back to fight at Rizin FF’s
big New Years show and Matt
Mitrione was busy signing with
Bellator MMA, still Jordan sat,
(Esther Lin/Strikeforce)
