“Horrible Gameplan” – Dana White Gives His Brutally Honest Take on Paddy Pimblett vs. Jared Gordan

Paddy Pimblett’s latest fight in UFC 282 against Jared Gordon was not what Dana White expected. Although the fight went well during the initial rounds, Gordon’s game plan changed in the final one. However, the change was not appreciated by the UFC president at all. In the end, it was the ‘Baddy’ who wore the victor’s crown. White revealed his thoughts about the fight in the UFC 282 press-conference while condemning the referee and Gordon’s strategy.

The co-main event of UFC 282 clearly disappointed White. Furthermore, the president pointed his disappointed finger towards the referee, as well. Nonetheless, the fight was indeed a see-saw event, which lasted the entire 15 minutes.

Dana White opines about UFC 282 co-main event

During the post-fight press-conference, Dana White was asked about his thoughts on Paddy Pimblett’s fight against Jared Gordon. The UFC president replied, “Same thing! You know what I mean? I thought that Jared Gordon’s gameplan in the third round was horrible.” Furthermore, he said, “He felt like he had the first two rounds, and he went in and pushed him against the fence.”

White additionally slammed the referee for letting Gordon simply stand against the fence. He said, “I gotta go after the ref, too, you know. A bi fight, co-main event, third round, crowd is going crazy and you’re going to let him stand against the fence, the entire fight!” Then, White concluded that these things in fact happen a lot and there was nothing anyone could do about it. 

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Finally, White said, “Horrible gameplan by Gordon. You know, the ref let it happen and he threw the fight away.” However, the 53-year-old president praised Gordon for the action in the first two rounds. He told the media, “He was doing great in that fight. He should have fought the third round.”

Jared Gordon in disbelief

Following the loss at UFC 282, Gordon took to Twitter to state his thoughts. The fighter was in complete denial and disbelief as Pimblett was declared the victor. He wrote, “I was robbed everyone know it i… I can cry about it but I been back from worst and gods plan is the best plan so I know there’s something big to come from it.”

Furthermore, ‘Flash’ was backed by the likes of Dominick Cruz, Paul Felder, Ben Askren, Nate Diaz and Jake Shields. Many big names in the UFC world strongly believed that the ‘Baddy’ was given the win, since he brought in more money. Nonetheless, many agreed upon the statement that Gordon was ‘robbed’.

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