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Jared Gordon open to Paddy Pimblett rematch, but focused on Bobby Green at UFC Fight Night 222

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – Jared Gordon feels his story with Paddy Pimblett is far from over.

The veteran UFC lightweight is confident he’ll fight the English star once again, given the controversial and much talked about result in their contest last December at UFC 282. Pimblett (20-3 MMA, 4-0 UFC) edged out Gordon (19-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC) to win a unanimous decision, leaving many fans and pundits questioning the scoring of the fight.

Gordon, who was recently called out for a rematch by Pimblett, is open to running back the fight and is confident they will meet once again.

“Yeah, I believe so, it just makes sense,” Gordon told MMA Junkie. “I think he’s trying to build the fight. He’s talking sh*t. I came back with a humble response because I’m not going to feed into that. But I think it makes sense, I think it would be fun, and the fans want to see it. So why not?”

Although he was the winner, Pimblett recently called for a rematch with Gordon from the hospital bed after getting ankle surgery. Gordon thinks that’s a big tell that Pimblett thinks he lost, but is saying otherwise. Gordon wants to run it back, but not just yet. All his focus is on his upcoming fight against Bobby Green on April 22 at UFC Fight Night 222.

“Dude, I don’t make posts about it, I don’t talk about it,” Gordon said when asked if he’s surprised Pimblett is calling for the rematch. “The first week I did because it was so ridiculous, but after that, you didn’t hear anything from me about it. I’m fighting Bobby Green, who I think it’s a tougher fight than Paddy. I got bigger things on my mind right now. Yet, he’s still talking crap, and now he’s backtracking, saying that he wants a rematch, ‘Oh, he lost the fight. I still think I won, but I wasn’t as dominant as I thought.’

“It doesn’t matter. If you think you won, then move on, but you know you lost, so now you want a rematch. I won one split decision in all my fights, all my others fights are finishes or dominant wins. I won one split decision against Joe Solecki, who’s 5-1 in the UFC. No one was saying, ‘robbery, robbery, robbery.’ He’s saying, ‘Oh, you robbed Joe Solecki.’ No I didn’t. Even if people thought I did, I wouldn’t talk about it. I won and onto the next. But he knows he lost, so here we are.”



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