Jared Gordon has unfinished business with both Bobby Green It is Paddy Pimblett.
Gordon’s former foes Green (32-15-1 MMA, 13-10-1 UFC) and Pimblett (21-3 MMA, 5-0 UFC) will face off on July 27 at UFC 304 in Manchester, England .
Gordon (20-6 MMA, 8-5 UFC) lost a controversial decision to Pimblett in December 2022. Four months later, his fight against Green at UFC Fight Night 222 ended in a no contest after an accidental clash of heads led to Gordon’s being knocked unconscious.
“The problem is that Bobby is so unpredictable,” said Gordon Medium Easy. “You don’t know what you’re going to get from him, and when he moves forward, he wins. But he can be hit and Paddy goes ahead. Hands down, he’s got that style – Paddy goes for it. If you watch my fight, my hands were up the whole time when I fought Paddy and won. But look what Bobby Green did to me: I was hitting him and then he just lunged forward with his head.
“That had to be on purpose because he was frustrated because he didn’t expect me to do what I was doing. I was winning that fight. So I think Paddy can do it too. I think if Bobby moves on, Paddy won’t be able to have a night off. He has to go immediately. He can’t let Bobby set a pace. Once Bobby sets the pace, he starts to get confident and starts to do well. But obviously Paddy is also unpredictable and can land a big shot or take him down and overwhelm him. So I don’t know, man. I want the winner.”
Gordon faces Nasrat Haqparast at UFC on ABC, June 6, 22, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He acknowledges that talk of a rematch between him and Pimblett has lost steam, but he plans to be in Manchester to support his friend Belal Muhammad, who challenges welterweight champion Leon Edwards in the main event of UFC 304.
“It’s been over a year and his fight with Tony (Ferguson) destroyed him – but he still didn’t look great,” Gordon said. “And then all his other opponents, Paddy, he destroyed them – so what does that say about where I am?
“I’m not trying to pat myself on the back, but I think they want to stay away from this fight, me vs Paddy, because they saw what I did in the first one. I think it would be amazing to fight Paddy in a co-main or main event in London or something, or in Las Vegas again.”
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