Jared Gordon was not as his best at Noche UFC, because he was hit by a car 24 hours beforehand.
This past Saturday, Gordon faced Rafa Garcia on the main card of Noche UFC, where he was stopped in the third round by elbows. Even before the finish, the fight wasn’t Gordon’s best performance, and immediately afterward, Gordon’s friend Belal Muhammad revealed Gordon had been hit by a car after UFC weigh-ins but chose to compete anyway. And apparently that is exactly what happened.
On Monday, Gordon released
his first statement since the loss, detailing the incident and revealing he sprained his MCL when he got hit by the car, but chose to fight anyway.
“This past fight week was weird. Two hours after weigh ins I was standing in the street while a car was backing out behind me, I was looking down the street away from the car. The driver was looking the other way as someone is helping him back out, waving him on, the front end of the car started turning and the right wheel ran my right foot over as bumper started turning and buckled my knee inward spraining my MCL. I thought about pulling out, but decided not to. Was it the wrong decision? Maybe so. After a hard good camp I didn’t wanna pull out. It is what it is. I’ll move forward. Sorry to all my fans for the performance.”
The loss was a tough setback for Gordon, who was coming off a knockout win over Thiago Moises in May and now drops to 9-7, 1 No-Contest in his UFC career.
