The two had never sparred any rounds, nor even exchanged words, prior to the announcement of their 10-round fight, which will take place on October 30 at Casino de Montreal in Montreal, Canada. The 20-year-old Mathieu recalls watching Phinn’s fights on the local circuit when he was 12 or 13 years old, and how his older brother, the since-retired Lexson Mathieu, was once scheduled to fight him.