DWCS winner Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani announced his arrival to the UFC with a highlight reel knockout over Jack Congdon at week 4 of the 2025 season on Tuesday night.
Lebosnoyani (9-2) got the call to fight at DWCS following a first round submission victory at LFA 206. Turning a 7-1 LFA run into a call to the big show was perfectly timed for the welterweight.
“I’m so excited to be here. It’s a bit surreal, but at the same time I feel like the timing’s right,” Lebosnoyani told reporters including Cageside Press at his post-fight scrum.
“I’m where I belong now.”
The wild part about the fight for many is that Lebosnoyani is primarily a grappler with a very high-level Jiu Jitsu game. Guess they’ve added head kicks to BJJ 101?
“I’m a Jiu-Jitsu guy right? That’s what I’ve been growing up doing, but I put a lot of time and effort into my striking. In that moment, I’ve actually been there before in one of my other fights, and I kind of took a second and didn’t seize the moment right away,” he said.
“As soon as I saw him dazed I was like oh we got to go. I ran in, threw the overhand I’ve been working on this entire camp, and got the win.”
Lebosnoyani had an aura of confidence throughout the short process that is getting to the UFC APEX and actually fighting on DWCS, but the video packages the promotions put together showed that even more. For the welterweight it’s all part of the process towards improving and performing.
“I feel like fighting is like a wave of being confident, being insecure, and you just have to ride that wave. You have to speak what you think into existence and back yourself 100%,” he told Cageside Press.
“In terms of confidence I feel like more than confident I was present. I tried to be as present as possible. I was just like in the moment as much as possible, and I think the confidence follows.”
So what would be ideal for the newly-signed UFC welterweight? A home game would be nice.
“I’m down for whatever. I’m from Los Angeles so I would love to fight in my city. I think there’s a card there in January. I’m literally in camp all year,” he said.
“I keep my weight right on point so the UFC doesn’t have to worry about that. You give me a call I’m going to show up and I’m going to perform.”
Watch the entire post-fight scrum with Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani above.
