Rinaldi is relatively new in UFC and as such has not yet made any large impact in the sport. He falls in the low-income fighters unlike the highlighted fighters like Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Jordan Lucas Rinaldi was born on September 25, 1987, in Olea, New York, United States. He has two older brothers and three stepsisters. He started training in wrestling in the freshman years of his high schools. He attended the University of North Carolina and during his college years started working part-time in car wash station.
In Early years of Jordan Rinaldi's MMA career, he started by competing in various fighting promotions including World Series of Fighting and Resurrection Fighting Alliance. Making a debut in 2010, he picked up eight stoppages in 12 professional career wins winning over veteran fighters like Dennis Bermudez, Diego Saraiva, and Clay Harvison.
In 2012, Jordan Rinaldi was selected as one of the contestants for the UFC TV MMA fighting competition, The Ultimate Fighter. He was unable to go past the entry round as he was unable to defeat his entry opponent Joe Proctor. He lost the fight against Proctor on round 1 via submission.
On May 20 of 2017, Rinaldi made his promotional debut for the UFC at UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt Las Vegas. He was facing Abel Trujillo in place of Diego Ferreira who was pulled out of the fight due to a potential USADA violation. Rinaldi lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Alvaro Herrera was Jordan Rinaldi's next opponent who he faced on August 5, 2017, at UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno. The fight ended in victory for Rinaldi as he won with a submission in round one. He defeated the opponent with Von Flue Choke submission and was the fourth fighter in UFC history to defeat an opponent with the move.
On January 27, 2018, Rinaldi faced Gregor Gillespie. He lost the fight via technical knockout. For his next fight, he is expected to face Jason Knight on November 3, 2018, at UFC 230.
Jordan Rinaldi is married to Kara Rinaldi. He often posts pictures of him together with his wife on his Instagram account. There are not any further details about his wife. It remains how long the couple was in a relationship before their marriage. Rinaldi is married but does not have any children till now.
Since Jordan Rinaldi's debut at UFC, he has earned $50,000 from the various fights that he has won. He has not made a huge splash in his MMA career as such he does not bring as much money home as some of the cash fighters of the profession.
His net worth at present is unknown due to the lack of information regarding his financial assets such as houses and properties.
