Paddy Pimblett vs Jared Gordon: UFC News: The biggest MMA promotion’s final pay-per-view event of the year, UFC 282, ended with some fantastic battles, as was to be expected. Apart from that, there was also a controversial occurrence that happened in both the main event and the co-main event. Where the victory of Paddy Pimblett over Jared Gordon emerged as a controversial match prior to Jan Blachowicz and Ankalaev Magomed’s hotly debated split-draw decision. Meanwhile, a fan blasted UFC and called it rigged as Pimblett got the win. Follow UFC News with InsideSport.In
After winning what was perhaps the hardest battle of his career, Pimblett was able to keep his perfect record while he was still yet to taste his first loss. But his victory over Jared Gordon at UFC 282 was decided in a contentious manner.
Paddy Pimblett vs Jared Gordon: The British Fighter got a controversial win
The judges ultimately gave the victory to “The Baddy” after a contest in which Gordon repeatedly hammered Pimblett, particularly in the opening two rounds. After this, Gordon was understandably furious and left as soon as the verdict was announced.
Not just Gordon, but many other fans have blasted the UFC on the internet for yet another rigged decision, similar to the one that gave Sean O’Malley the victory at UFC 280. The following is a user who mocked UFC after UFC 282.
1st O’Malley now Paddy the UFC isn’t even tryna hide it
— Officialdelton.b (@Officialdelton) December 11, 2022
If you don’t already know, many fans at UFC 280 believed Petr Yan had done enough to win comfortably before the decision was made. But O’Malley was ahead on the scoreboards. Similarly, Pimblett v. Godon had the same incident.
Paddy Pimblett vs Jared Gordon: “O’Malley Now Paddy”- Fans accuse UFC of being ‘rigged’ after Paddy Pimblett’s UFC 282 win
Meanwhile, Pimblett brushed off the claim that his win was gifted. He stated, “I won the first two rounds and then coasted in the third. I knew I won the first two rounds easily.” Although he has denied it, he cannot deny that the recent UFC judging controversy has led some fans to have some issues.
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