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It would be overstating the case to say that Nico Echeverry was being brought in to lose at LFA 63 on Friday night; after all, at 5-2 he was more experienced than his opponent, Steven Jones. However, with Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White in attendance scouting talent for Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series, and with Echeverry getting the call on two weeks’ notice to step up to welterweight and take on exactly the kind of undefeated, athletic prospect the Contender Series seems built on in the 3-0 Jones, it might be fair to say the fight was expected to be a showcase for both fighters, but not equally so.