Toronto, ON — Flyweight Jimmy Flick fought out his contract at UFC 297, and came away from his fight with Canadian Malcolm Gordon with a submission win, and the distinct possibility that he gets re-signed.
While Gordon started strong in the fight, the tide shifted in Flick’s favor in the second round, Gordon having spent much of his energy early. After a D’arce attempt didn’t work out, Flick finally pulled off an arm-triangle choke, forcing Gordon to tap and silencing the Canadian crowd in the card-opening fight.
Flick, who retired a few years back, secured his first win since returning to action and his first since 2020, likely saving his job with the performance. Something he knew coming in, as he previously told Cageside Press. Confirming it was his last fight on his deal – “Unless they give me a new one” — Flick (17-7) noted during the post-fight press conference that “I am 2-2 in the UFC, four fights, never hit the scorecards, don’t plan on hitting the scorecards, and if I get that bonus tonight, three out of four fights there’s been a bonus.”
Flick did not get the Performance bonus — they went to Jasmine Jasudavicius and Gillian Robertson, the only two winning Canadians on the card. That said, Flick’s chances of re-signing with the UFC are high. In his own post-fight press conference appearance, UFC CEO Dana White replied “absolutely” when asked if the promotion was interested in re-signing Flick.
Ahead of UFC 297, Jimmy Flick’s opponent, Malcolm Gordon, missed weight. In the end, the explanation was less than satisfactory for the flyweight, but he was happy to take the extra money that Gordon was fined as a result.
“We passed each other the other day, and when he was coming up I was like ‘did you make it?’ and he said ‘no, I was too tired.’ And I was like ‘we’re all tired.’ He said a little comment back, I don’t know if it was disrespectful or what it was, I didn’t hear it. All I know is I got an extra 20% tonight, baby!”
Watch the full UFC 297 post-fight press conference with Jimmy Flick above.
