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Topics: Paddy Pimblett, UFC, Dana White
Nasir Jabbar
A video of Dana White's reaction to the Paddy Pimblett vs. Jared Gordon decision has emerged online amid the controversy of the result.
Pimblett earned his fourth UFC win in a row at UFC 282 as he narrowly outpointed Gordon last Saturday.
The judges scored the bout 29-28 to the Liverpool fighter, with the decision causing uproar among fans and critics alike.
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Nate Diaz hit out at the decision as fans couldn't believe the judges' scorecards for the UFC 282 co-main event.
Joe Rogan also cut a shocked figure before interviewing the 27-year-old inside the Octagon.
A clip of the UFC president's reaction to the decision has been shared online too, with fight fans online all saying the same thing.
One Twitter user wrote: "The nod, and everything else about this video just screams 'we paid the judges, don't worry'.
A second tweeted: "It looks veeerrry suspicious."
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A third added: "Dana nodded like he already knew. I’m not shocked anymore."
Another commented: "Look at that Dana reaction... tell me it wasn’t rigged."
White ruthlessly critiqued Gordon's gameplan in the third round when he was asked about the scoring during the post-fight press conference.
"Jared Gordon had a terrible gameplan against Paddy Pimblett," he exclaimed. "He shouldn’t have coasted through the third round thinking he was up on the scorecards."
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As for Pimblett, he insists he done enough to win the fight, claiming he knew he'd won the first two rounds.
"Opinions are like a***holes, everyone has got one," he said.
“I know I won that fight, simple as. I deal in facts and I won a unanimous decision, it’s not even like it was a split decision.
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“Look at his face and look at mine, fights get scored on damage now. I landed a lot more damage, end of.
I knew I’d won the first two [rounds], people don’t have to tell me. When I’ve looked at the stats after the fight, I think I’ve won all three.
"In the cage, I thought that he’d won the third. When they said 29-28, I was like, 'Yeah, good decision. I won the first two, he won the third.'
“Then after looking back at the stats, [he landed] four significant strikes in the third. Control time doesn’t mean jack s**t anymore, do you know what I mean?"
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Pimblett, meanwhile, improves his UFC record to 4-0, having beaten Luigi Vendramini, Rodrigo Vargas, Jordan Leavitt and Gordon inside the famed Octagon.