Jimmy Flick Hopes to Receive New Contract After UFC 297 Victory

Jimmy Flick believes — or at least hopes — that his UFC 297 win over Malcolm Gordon was enough to save his job.

Flick took on an overweight Gordon to start off the UFC 297 action in Toronto on Saturday. “The Brick” endured frenetic pressure and pace from Gordon in the first round and came from behind to score a second-round submission victory via arm triangle. The win allowed the grappling ace to snap a two-fight skid.

Flick subsequently revealed that it was the last fight on his UFC contract which he now hopes will be extended.

“Coming out like that with the fans against me, the guy didn’t make the weight, everything was against me,” Flick said during a post-fight media scrum. “If I lost tonight, I feel like I was going to lose my job, and I was going back to find a new job. That’s not what I wanted, so this means the world to me.”

“I am 2-2 in the UFC — four fights and never hit the scorecards and don’t plan on hitting the scorecards. Three out of four fights, there’s been a bonus.”

Flick made his UFC debut in 2020, submitting Cody Durden with a flying triangle choke. Durden has since gone 5-2 while Flick chose to take a sudden and early retirement. The Sand Springs, Oklahama, native decided to end his retirement in 2022, returned to action last year and went on a two-fight skid. If he continues in the UFC, Flick would like to run it back with Durden.

“I want anybody the UFC will give me, but I want that Cody Durden rematch,” he said. “I know he wants it. I don’t need it as much. Since I left that UFC Octagon, he built up some wins, he got into the rankings, so I want to take everything he worked for again.”