Eddie Gordon's last Octagon memory is also one he'd like to forget. Fresh off a victorious coronation as TUF 19 champion, Gordon strolled into Las Vegas this past December and drowned Josh Samman for eight solid minutes under a buffet of takedowns and punches. It was a perfect start to Gordon's second UFC fight, but the good vibes would be short-lived.
By the match's end, Samman was euphoric while Gordon was unconscious, floored by a head kick that no one in the Mandalay Bay Events Center saw coming, least of all the Longo-Serra product laying comatose on the mat.