Tag: Jared Gordon

Jared Gordon: Paddy Pimblett vs. Bobby Green at UFC 304 ‘a tough fight for both of them’

There’s one reason Jared Gordon believes King Green might have to do a little extra to beat Paddy Pimblett at UFC 304.

MANCHESTER, England – UFC lightweight [autotag]Jared Gordon[/autotag] has recent history with both [autotag]Paddy Pimblett[/autotag] and [autotag]King Green[/autotag], adding weight to his thoughts on their UFC 304 encounter.

In December 2022, Gordon lost a unanimous decision to Pimblett in what many considered a robbery. Four months later, Gordon stepped in the cage against Green in a fight that ended in a no contest after Green accidentally headbutted Gordon during his finishing sequence.

On Saturday, Pimblett (21-3 MMA, 5-0 UFC) and Green (32-15-1 MMA, 13-10-1 UFC) will meet on UFC 304 main card at Co-op Live. Gordon doesn’t consider the matchup an easy task for either man, but he believes Green might have his work cut out for him a little more given the circumstances.

“It’s a tough fight for both of them,” Gordon, who’s in Manchester to support Belal Muhammad, told MMA Junkie on the eve of UFC 304. “Being that we’re here in Manchester, in Paddy’s homeland, I guess you can call it favoritism, but he definitely has homefield advantage. I think Bobby has to really make it definitive, put a stamp on it. But I think that it’s fair game for either guy. I think whoever goes out there and sets the pace will set the tone for the rest of the fight and show who definitely will be the winner.”

Earlier in fight week, Gordon posted a video on X of him and Pimblett sharing a pleasant elevator ride. Gordon said it went out how he thought it wood.

“I’ve had other encounters with him since our fight, and we were always cool,” Gordon said. “There was never any animosity. … How do you not like the guy? He’s funny, he’s funny sounding, he’s funny looking, and he’s a sweetheart really. It was all laughs, and we had a good time. It was nice.”

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UFC on ABC 6 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Ikram Aliskerov gets $4,000 in main event save

UFC on ABC 6 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ABC 6 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $186,000.

The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

UFC on ABC 6 took place Saturday at Kingdom Arena. The main card airs on ABC following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

The full UFC on ABC 6 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Robert Whittaker[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Ikram Aliskerov[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Alexander Volkov[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Sergei Pavlovich[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Kelvin Gastelum[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Daniel Rodriguez[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Shara Magomedov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Antonio Trocoli[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Volkan Oezdemir[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Johnny Walker[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Nasrat Haqparast[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Jared Gordon[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Felipe Lima[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Muhammad Naimov[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Rinat Fakhretdinov[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Nicolas Dalby[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Muin Gafurov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Kyung Ho Kang[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Magomed Gadzhiyasulov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Brendson Ribeiro[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]ChangHo Lee[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Xiao Long[/autotag]: $4,000

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $40,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-40 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $3,637,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $26,374,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ABC 6.

Jared Gordon eyes winner of Bobby Green vs. Paddy Pimblett after UFC on ABC 6

Jared Gordon has unfinished business with both Bobby Green and Paddy Pimblett.

[autotag]Jared Gordon[/autotag] has unfinished business with both [autotag]Bobby Green[/autotag] and [autotag]Paddy Pimblett[/autotag].

Gordon’s former foes Green (32-15-1 MMA, 13-10-1 UFC) and Pimblett (21-3 MMA, 5-0 UFC) will square off 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 being knocked out unconscious.

“The thing is with Bobby, he’s so unpredictable,” Gordon told Middle Easy. “You don’t know what you’re going to get from him, and when he gets going, then he wins. But he’s liable to get hit, and Paddy goes for it. Hands are down, he’s got that swag – Paddy goes for it. If you watch my fight, my hands were up the whole time when I fought Paddy, and I won. But f*cking look what Bobby Green did to me: I’m beating him and then he just lunged in with his head.

“That had to be on purpose because he was frustrated because he was like, he didn’t expect me to do what I was doing. I was winning that fight. So I think Paddy can get it done, too. I think if Bobby gets going, Paddy can’t have an off night. He’s got to get going right away. He can’t let Bobby set a rhythm. Once Bobby sets the rhythm, then he starts getting confident and then he starts doing well. But obviously Paddy is also unpredictable and can land a big shot or take you down and sub you. So I don’t know, man. I want the winner though.”

Gordon meets Nasrat Haqparast at UFC on ABC 6 June 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He recognizes that talks of a rematch between him and Pimblett has lost steam, but he plans on being in Manchester to support his friend Belal Muhammad, who challenges welterweight champion Leon Edwards in the UFC 304 headliner.

“It’s been over a year and his fight against Tony (Ferguson), he destroyed him – but he still didn’t look great,” Gordon said. “And then all of his other opponents, Paddy, like, he destroyed them – so what does that say about where I’m at?

“I’m not trying to pat myself on the back, but I think they want to stay away from that fight, me vs. Paddy, because they saw what I did in the first one. I think it would be awesome to fight Paddy in a co-main or a main event in London or something, or in Vegas again.”

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UFC free fight: Did Paddy Pimblett get away with a robbery against Jared Gordon?

Watch the full UFC 282 battle between Paddy Pimblett and Jared Gordon that sparked controversy.

One of the most controversial fights in recent memory featured one of the sport’s rising stars.

[autotag]Paddy Pimblett[/autotag] stepped into the biggest spotlight of his career at UFC 282 in December 2022, and exited it with a very controversial victory over [autotag]Jared Gordon[/autotag].

Many viewers thought Gordon definitively did enough to hand Pimblett his first UFC loss. However, the three opinions that mattered were the judge scoring the fight: Douglas Crosby, Chris Lee, and Ron McCarthy. They scored the fight unanimously 29-28 for Pimblett.

Now that the dust has settled and emotions aren’t as high, did Pimblett get away with a robbery decision? Or were the judges right after all?

Check out the full fight video above before Pimblett returns Saturday vs. Tony Ferguson at UFC 296.

UFC 295 medical suspensions: Jiri Prochazka, Sergei Pavlovich among 19 suspended indefinitely

Nineteen indefinite suspensions were handed out after UFC 295, per the New York State Athletic Commission.

UFC 295 took place Nov. 11 at Madison Square Garden in New York and featured 13 fights.

On Monday, MMA Junkie acquired a list of athlete medical suspensions from the New York State Athletic Commission, the sanctioning body that oversaw the event. Most injury specifics were not disclosed.

Nineteen of the 26 combatants were given indefinite suspensions and will need to be cleared by a doctor before they return. That’s a high number of indefinite suspensions compared to the average UFC event, although the NYSAC may have different safety protocols compared to other regulatory bodies. All 26 fighters were also given mandatory suspensions, which vary from seven days to 90 days.

Check out the full list of medical suspensions from UFC 295 below.

‘Breaking a family curse’: Jared Gordon details powerful MSG connection after UFC 295 win

Jared Gordon competed at MSG for the first time at UFC 295, but his previous connections to the arena are quite powerful.

NEW YORK – [autotag]Jared Gordon[/autotag] never competed at Madison Square Garden until UFC 295, but he was quite acquainted with the venue.

Like many of his fellow New Yorkers, Gordon (20-6 MMA, 8-5 UFC) feels an attachment to the place the Knicks and Rangers play, one of the most prolific sporting arenas in the world.

The ties are stronger than that, however. Gordon is a former heroin addict. He used to shoot up in Penn Station, which is attached to Madison Square Garden.

“I used to shoot dope in that bathroom and the bathroom in Penn Station,” Gordon told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a post-fight news conference. “When I see these places, it’s like nostalgic for me. Heroin is like a nostalgic thing for me. It might sound weird, but I can really remember and feel it. It’s awesome to be like, now instead of getting high here, I’m fighting in the UFC here. It’s pretty cool.”

After he knocked out Mark Madsen (12-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) on Saturday, Gordon couldn’t help but reflect on the symbolic full-circle journey – particularly because he wasn’t the first of his bloodline to win a professional fight at MSG.

“It’s crazy. My grandfather was a pro boxer,” Gordon said. “He grew up in Harlem. He was 38-3 as a pro. He was a really good boxer. It’s really funny because I walk in his footsteps. He got arrested in Detroit. I can actually pull the article up on Google. It was the largest heroin bust in Detroit history. He did eight years in Michigan. I have pictures of him in prison boxing. He boxed the whole eight years he was there. He died an alcoholic. He came out of prison and he came back to being a criminal. He ended up dying an alcoholic.”

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Gordon has been sober for eight years. The pivot toward a straightedged lifestyle came after his third overdose in 2015. Having the historic combat sports lineage is cool, but he’s perhaps even happier about the differences between him and his grandfather.

“My mom always says to me, it was her father, that I turned it around,” Gordon said. “He ended his life as an addict alcoholic and I’ve gotten sober. I don’t know. I’m kind of breaking a family curse. It’s pretty crazy.”

For those still struggling, Gordon continues his attempts to be an example that even in the depths of addiction, a road to success is possible and plausible.

“There’s always a way out, no matter how far down the hall you are,” Gordon said, of advice he’d give addicts. “You can turn it around. You just need to have faith in a higher power and take some suggestions from people. If you’re sick, get some professional help. That’s how it goes.”

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UFC 295 post-event facts: Alex Pereira joins exclusive two-title club in record time

The best facts from UFC 295, which saw Alex Pereira join the two-division title club in less fights than the eight names before him.

The UFC’s penultimate numbered event of the year, UFC 295 from Madison Square Garden in New York, proved to be arguably the best of the bunch.

Two new champions were crowned to close out a lineup that saw eight stoppages in 13 fights. In the main event, [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag] (9-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) picked up the vacant light heavyweight title with a second-round knockout of [autotag]Jiri Prochazka[/autotag] (29-4-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC), while [autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag] (14-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) claimed the interim heavyweight strap in the co-main event with a 69-second knockout of [autotag]Sergei Pavlovich[/autotag] (17-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC).

For more on the numbers behind the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC 295.

UFC 295 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Title fight athletes net $32,000 each

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 295 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $272,500.

NEW YORK – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 295 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $272,500.

The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

UFC 295 took place at Madison Square Garden. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.

The full UFC 295 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Jiri Prochazka[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Sergei Pavlovich[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Jessica Andrade[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Benoit Saint-Denis[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Matt Frevola[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Diego Lopes[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Pat Sabatini[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Steve Erceg[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Alessandro Costa[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Loopy Godinez[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Tabatha Ricci[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Mateusz Rebecki[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Roosevelt Roberts[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Nazim Sadykhov[/autotag]: $4,000
vs. [autotag]Viacheslav Borshchev[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Jared Gordon[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Mark Madsen[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]John Castaneda[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Kyung Ho Kang[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Joshua Van[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Kevin Borjas[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jamall Emmers[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Dennis Buzukja[/autotag]: $4,000

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $7,305,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $21,824,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 295.

UFC 295 video: Hear from each winner, guest fighters backstage

Check out what the UFC 295 winners and guest fighters had to say backstage at Saturday’s event at Madison Square Garden in New York.

NEW YORK – UFC 295 took place Saturday with 13 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from Madison Square Garden in New York.

You can hear from all the UFC 295 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.

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UFC 295 video: New Yorker Jared Gordon brutally blasts Mark Madsen for TKO

Mark Madsen hadn’t been finished by TKO until he fought Jared Gordon on Saturday night at UFC 295.

NEW YORK – [autotag]Jared Gordon[/autotag] has special connections with Madison Square Garden, and now his name will be associated with it in the history books.

In the same building his grandfather competed as a boxer and the same building attached to Penn Station, where Gordon (20-6 MMA, 8-5 UFC) used to shoot heroin, “Flash” lived up to his nickname Saturday with a knockout of [autotag]Mark Madsen[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) at UFC 295. The stoppage came at 4:42 of Round 1.

The finish began against the cage as Gordon landed a big right hand and followed it up with more punches on the ground. Madsen covered up, prompting referee Marc Goddard to dive in.

With the victory, Gordon reenters the win column after a two-fight winless streak (one loss and one no contest). Madsen enters a two-fight skid for the first time in his career.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 295 results include:

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