“He’s got the mindset for it, he’s a dog for sure. He’s here to fight he’s here to get down,” Vannata said.” But he’s still got a lot of growing to do when I watch his fights from a technical aspect.”
Vannata sees potential in the 26-year-old Jourdain, who has had an up-and-down start to his career thus far. One of the areas that he believes Jourdain excels in is his will to win and his desire to be exciting, but he feels he has yet to see a performance from the Canadian that displayed true skill.
“He’s got ferocity. He likes to rip hard kicks and he likes to throw hard punches, but when I watch him that’s really all I see. I see ferocity, I see aggression, but I don’t see skill. Lack of skill in a lot of areas, lack of layers to his game. It’s very, ‘I’m going to come forward and I’m going to throw,’” Vannata said. “That’s cool, it’s exciting, you put on a good show but there’s a reason he’s got the losses he does and there’s a reason that most of his wins are against bantamweights.”
With that being said, “Groovy” is more than up to put on a good show and potentially notch his fifth Fight of the Night bonus.
“I think it’s going to be a banger,” Vannata said. “But I think it’s going to be a one-sided banger.
“Those are my favorite as long as I’m the one winning,” he laughed.