Jared Gordon thinks the judges wronged him last weekend (December 10, 2022) at UFC 282.
Taking on Paddy Pimblett in each fighter’s first appearance in the UFC co-main event, Gordon put in a strong performance as the betting loser. Unfortunately for “Flash,” he found himself on the wrong end of the unanimous decision result with all three judges scoring the fight 29-28 for Pimblett.
The spotlight has been the biggest of Gordon’s 11-year career so far, which makes the pill all the harder to swallow.
“It’s heartbreaking,” Gordon told MMA Fighting. “I’m devastated. But obviously I can’t do anything. We’ll see what happens.
“When I watched the fight, I was like I won every round,” he continued. “I think 99.9% of the world thinks I won too. It’s not like it could have gone either way. No, I clearly won. But Doug Crosby is blind or something. like that and I know the other guys did it the other way too, but I don’t know how anyone could have given him all the tricks. It’s impossible.”
Crosby’s card for the Pimblett vs. Gordon fight wasn’t his only controversy of the weekend as just the night before UFC 282, the judge scored the Bellator 289 headliner between Raufeon Stots and Danny Sabatello 50 -45 for Sabatello who lost a split decision. As a result, Crosby is now under investigation by the Mohegan Tribe Athletic Department.
A win for Gordon would have put him back on a winning streak after beating Leonardo Santos in August 2022. Instead, Pimblett extended his streak to six in a row (four in the UFC) despite many members of the community disagree with the result.
Gordon has since mentioned that he would be happy to reunite with “The Baddy” in London, England.
“It’s probably one of the worst decisions of all time,” Gordon said. “It has to be the three worst decisions ever in UFC history, I imagine at this point. I lost a lot of opportunities. Money, I lost a few sponsors that were in the works and that I haven’t heard from since the fight. A loss on my record. What do they do with me now?
“It’s still so fresh that I have to see how it all plays out,” he added. “I have so many things going through my mind. For a moment, I tell myself that it’s not so bad. The next moment, I’m devastated. I’m fine, I should be grateful, I feel fine. Then I think of everything and then I’m devastated again. It’s sad. I do not know what to say. I do not know what to think anymore. I lost a lot. But regardless, I think most people know who the real winner was.
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