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Jared Gordon is undoubtedly “really bitter” over the questionable loss to Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett stating everybody understands he won — even fans of Pimblett — and he desires a rematch!
TMZ Sports talked with 34-year-old Gordon the early morning after his heartbreaking, consentaneous choice loss to 27-year-old Pimblett — a result that stunned numerous fans, fighters, and reporters — and asked how he was feeling.
“I’m obviously upset. I’ve been in some dark places before, this hasn’t reached the level I’ve been to before but I’m still really bitter, but I believe my stock went up more than it could’ve if I won say a boring fight. I know everyone knows I won. I know I won.”
Gordon continued … “The UFC staff, major players from the UFC staff, all the fighters. All the fighters. All the of the MMA jouranlist. All of Twitter. The Paddy fans. All the Scousers messaging me, ‘Hey I’m from Liverpool. I’m a Paddy fan, but you won. You got a new fan in me.'”
As for what’s next … Gordon wishes to run it back.
“I would love a rematch. I’ll go to London to fight him, I don’t care,” Gordon stated.
There’s really a card showing up at O2 in March … UFC 286. Jared states he’s 100% to combat.
“I think it makes sense. I think it’d be great. When I win then I’ll be 2-0. But on paper, 1-1. Then we’ll have a trilogy and we’ll really see what he’s about.”
The battle was formally scored 29-28 by all 3 cageside judges (all scored it 2 rounds to 1, for Pimblett).
But, practically all media members who scored the battle — other than one — selected Gordon as the winner. Many had the battle 3 rounds to no for Jared.
We likewise talked with Jared about the real battle.
“I had him running around the cage. Backing him up. His punches were grazing … I have a couple of bruises, but his punches were just landing on my hands and arms. I was landing the bigger shots. I got three takedowns. I had 6.5 minutes of control time. He had 30 seconds of control time. I stuffed his shots. I reversed his takedowns. I just don’t how, in what world we’re living in that he won.”
We asked Gordon if he had a message for Pimblett.
“I’m happy for you, Paddy. You have a great thing going on for yourself, and you’re doing it the right way. but you know you lost, and I’d love to have a rematch with you.”