Eddie Gordon | |
Other Names: | Truck |
Birth Date: | 22 July 1983 |
Birth Place: | Montego Bay, Jamaica |
Height: | [1] |
Weight: | 170lb |
Weight Class: | Middleweight |
Reach: | 75inches[2] |
Style: | Boxing |
Stance: | Orthodox |
Fighting Out Of: | Uniondale, New York |
Team: | Serra-Longo Fight Team |
Rank: | Blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu[3] under Matt Serra |
Years Active: | 2011–2018 |
Mma Kowin: | 3 |
Mma Subwin: | 1 |
Mma Decwin: | 4 |
Mma Koloss: | 1 |
Mma Subloss: | 1 |
Mma Decloss: | 5 |
Am Win: | 3 |
Am Kowin: | 1 |
Am Decwin: | 2 |
Am Loss: | 0 |
Sherdog: | 66410 |
Eddie Gordon (born July 22, 1983) is a Jamaican mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Middleweight division of the Professional Fighters League. A professional since 2011, he has also competed for the UFC and was the winner of .
Gordon attended Fordham University and graduated with a degree in finance and in marketing and communications. He worked as a finance director and then a sales consultant before pursuing MMA.[4] He started training for MMA after running into his old high school friend Chris Weidman, who is the former UFC Middleweight champion.
Gordon was revealed as one of the cast members of the nineteenth season of The Ultimate Fighter on March 25, 2014.[5] In the elimination rounds, he defeated Matt Gabel by unanimous decision after two rounds. He was then chosen as the third pick for the middleweights on coach Frankie Edgar's team.
In the quarter-final rounds, Gordon fought Team Penn's first middleweight pick Mike King. Gordon defeated King by unanimous decision after three rounds. Afterwards Dana White described the fight as "terrible" since he felt that the fighters had no sense of urgency to win. Gordon fought Cathal Pendred in the semi-finals. He won the bout by split decision, securing his place at the finale.
Gordon faced teammate Dhiego Lima in the middleweight finals on July 6, 2014, at The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale. He was victorious via first-round KO to become the middleweight tournament winner.[6]
Gordon faced Josh Samman on December 6, 2014, at UFC 181.[7] Despite winning the first round, Gordon lost the fight in the second round via knockout due to a head kick.
Gordon faced Chris Dempsey on April 18, 2015, at .[8] He lost the fight by split decision.
Gordon faced Antônio Carlos Júnior on June 27, 2015, at UFC Fight Night 70[9] Gordon lost the fight via submission in the third round.[10]
On October 16, 2015, via his Facebook page Gordon announced that he had been released by the UFC.[11]
Gordon made his return after over a year out of the cage on August 4, 2016, winning a split decision over Bellator veteran Chris Lozano at Cage Fury Fighting Championships 60 at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
In February 2017, it was revealed that Gordon would again compete on the UFC's reality show in the 25th season on .[12] Gordon was the third pick overall for Team Garbrandt. He faced Tom Gallicchio and lost via submission in the opening round.
|-|Loss|align=center| 8–7|John Howard|Decision (unanimous)|PFL 10||align=center|2|align=center|5:00|Washington, D.C., United States||-|Loss| align=center| 8–6|Gasan Umalatov|Decision (unanimous)|PFL 6||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States||-|Loss| align=center| 8–5|Shamil Gamzatov|Decision (unanimous)|PFL 3||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Washington, D.C., United States||-|Win| align=center| 8–4| Chris Lozano| Decision (split)| Cage Fury Fighting Championships 60| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States||-|Loss| align=center| 7–4| Antônio Carlos Júnior| Submission (rear-naked choke)| | | align=center| 3| align=center| 4:37| Hollywood, Florida, United States||-|Loss|align=center| 7–3|Chris Dempsey|Decision (split)|||align=center| 3|align=center| 5:00|Newark, New Jersey, United States||-|Loss|align=center| 7–2|Josh Samman|KO (head kick)|UFC 181||align=center| 2|align=center| 3:08|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-|Win|align=center| 7–1|Dhiego Lima|KO (punches)|The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale||align=center|1|align=center|1:11|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-|Win|align=center| 6–1|Oscar Delgado|Submission (rear-naked choke)|CFA 11||align=center|2|align=center|1:32|Coral Gables, Florida, United States||-|Loss|align=center| 5–1|Anton Talamantes|Decision (unanimous)|Ring of Combat 42||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States||-|Win|align=center| 5–0|Carlos Brooks|Decision (unanimous)|Ring of Combat 41||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States||-|Win|align=center| 4–0|Ryan Contaldi|KO (punch)|Ring of Combat 40||align=center| 1|align=center| 2:58|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States||-|Win|align=center| 3–0|David Tkeshelashvili|Decision (majority)|Ring of Combat 39||align=center| 3|align=center| 4:00|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States||-|Win|align=center| 2–0|Steve Edwards|TKO (doctor stoppage)|Ring of Combat 37||align=center| 2|align=center| 4:00|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States||-|Win|align=center| 1–0|J.A. Dudley|Decision (unanimous)|Ring of Combat 36||align=center| 3|align=center| 4:00|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States|
|-|Loss|align=center|3–1|Tom Gallicchio|Submission (rear-naked choke)|| (airdate)|align=center|1|align=center||Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-|Win|align=center|3–0|Cathal Pendred|Decision (split)|| (airdate)|align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-|Win|align=center|2–0|Mike King|Decision (unanimous)|| (airdate)|align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-|Win|align=center|1–0|Matt Gabel|Decision (unanimous)|| (airdate)|align=center|2|align=center|5:00|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-