UFC lightweight Jared Gordon was shocked not to take home a victory after he faced Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett at UFC 282. Gordon believed he had done enough to secure the win, and told MMAFighting that he was “devastated” at the result, which saw Pimblett pick up a unanimous decision win. “It’s heartbreaking. I’m devastated. But there’s nothing I can do obviously. We’ll see what comes with it.
I really hurt my ankle in the first round. Bad. I was still throwing kicks, but by the time the third round came, it hurt a lot to push off of it and to be on it. I knew I was better everywhere. I reversed his takedowns. Took him down. Better control time. Better in the clinch against the fence. My punches landed cleaner and better. I was landing really good leg kicks. I figured it could go three rounds. I wish I could have done a couple of things differently, especially in the third round but I thought I won every round.
Jared Gordon “Devastated” By “One of the Worst Decisions Ever”
He said he coasted in the third round, and in my head, I won the first two rounds, I’m winning this round, let’s not play it stupid so let me just do what I’m doing on the cage, I’m going for the takedown. I had his back for a little bit standing. When you’re in there, it’s a lot different than when you watch it from outside the cage but I thought I had won. But obviously there was different plans.”
Gordon declared the result “one of the worst decisions ever”. “It’s probably one of the worst decisions ever. It’s got to be top three worst decisions ever in UFC history, I would imagine at this point. I lost out on a lot of opportunity. Money, I lost out on a couple of sponsors that were in the works that I haven’t heard about yet since the fight. A loss on my record. What do they do with me now?
It’s so fresh still so I’ve got to see how it all pans out. I’ve got so much stuff going through my head. One moment, I’m like this isn’t that bad. The next moment, I’m devastated. I’m like all right, I should be grateful, I fell all right. Then I think about everything and then I’m devastated again. It’s sad. I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to think anymore. I lost out on a lot. But whatever, I believe most of the world knows who the real winner was.”
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