Jared Gordon was all ready for his featherweight debut in the UFC, and then suddenly his plans changed.
After doing a mock weight cut earlier this year to show the UFC he can safely make 145 pounds, Gordon was expected to officially drop down to the lighter division. He’s fought several times at featherweight before, and made his UFC debut in 2017 at featherweight, but missed weight by three pounds. His next two fights were both at lightweight.
Gordon said it was after he moved to Milwaukee from his native New York to train at Roufusport that he decided to stay at lightweight.