Chris Weidman can’t believe that Paddy Pimblett seriously thinks he beat Jared Gordon at UFC 282.
Pimblett (20-3 MMA, 4-0 UFC) defeated Gordon by unanimous decision in this past Saturday’s co-main event at T-Mobile Arena – a decision which turned plenty of heads and put the judges under fire.
Pimblett immediately defended the decision, saying he thought he won Rounds 1 and 2 easily. The rising star also said pre-fight that he would have given UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev a tougher test than Charles Oliveira did, a statement that Weidman finds ludicrous.
“Paddy is just confusing the hell out of me,” Weidman said on Daniel Cormier’s YouTube channel. “I just want to know is it a gimmick? Him jumping on the mic right after he gets the decision. I thought he definitely lost 30-27. I thought he lost all three rounds, the second round maybe being the closest, but I still think he lost. If I was being generous to him, I’d give him the second. That being said, I do not know if it’s confidence or a gimmick. It’s either he’s completely delusional or it’s a gimmick. And if it’s a gimmick, all power to him, I bow down to him, you’re doing a great job. But if he’s that delusional, he’s out of his mind.
“For him to think he could give a good match to Makhachev and compare himself to Charles Oliveira when he was getting rag-dolled by Jared Gordon, who I have a lot of respect for, but he’s a small ’55er, and he’s talking about Makhachev, who’s specialty is wrestling and Oliveira, these monster dudes whose specialty is ground game. I don’t understand where he’s getting this from. How could he talk like that?”
Gordon was puzzled with the result himself and called for a rematch with Pimblett. The 34-year-old New Yorker said he’s even willing to head into enemy territory to run things back with Pimblett at UFC 286 in London.