Video: Shawn Jordan 'super kick' was on full display at pre-fight workout session

NEW ORLEANS – Shawn Jordan’s flashy high kick may have looked a little bit lucky, but it was actually all by design. In fact, “The Savage” was practicing the move at Thursday’s pre-UFC Fight Night 68 open workout session.

Jordan (18-6 MMA, 6-3 UFC) used the flashy kick to wobble UFC Fight Night 68 opponent Derrick Lewis (12-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC), and he would follow up with punches to seal the second-round TKO finish at Saturday’s event, which took place at New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center.

At the night’s post-event press conference, Jordan said he pulled out the move as a counter to Lewis’ own spinning kick, which he threw in the opening round.

“You see, first he threw his ninja kick, so then I had to bring back my Shawn Michaels super kick,” Jordan joked. “I don’t know. It just kind of happened. It was just timing, I guess.”

While Lewis’ kick missed, Jordan’s didn’t, and the effort earned him a $50,000 bonus for of the evening’s two “Performance of the Night” awards.

Check out the video above to see Jordan in action at the open workout session, and click on the video below to hear more from “The Savage.”

(See highlights of the fight here)

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 68, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

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