Jared Gordon vs. Bobby Green Booked for UFC Fight Night Event on April 22

A crackerjack battle in the lightweight division is headed to a Ultimate Fighting Championship event in late April.

On Friday, MMA Junkie broke the story that Jared Gordon (19-6) vs. Bobby Green (29-14-1) will be colliding at a UFC Fight Night card on April 22. This event has yet to receive a formal destination, or its broadcasting details to determine if it is a “UFC Fight Night” event or one billed as “UFC on ESPN.” This 155-pound pairing has since been confirmed by Green’s management team of Iridium Sports Agency shortly after its announcement.

Neither man will be coming into this bout with a win at their back, but in Gordon’s case, he was the recipient of a “Robbery of the Year” candidate decision loss to Paddy Pimblett at UFC 282. In that three-rounder, 23 of the 24 scoring media members awarded the win to Gordon, with a large portion of those scoring all three rounds in favor of the New Yorker. In his last four, “Flash” had alternated wins and losses, with a submission defeat to Grant Dawson in 2022 – his first tapout as a pro – coming before a win on the scorecards against Leonardo Santos in August 2022.

Green has dropped his last two, most recently scrapping with Drew Dober and succumbing to strikes around the midpoint of the second frame. This followed a first-round drubbing from future champ Islam Makhachev at a catchweight, which ended a two-fight win streak for the streaky Green. Through a career replete with peaks and valleys, “King” has earned wins over names including Al Iaquinta, Clay Guida and Josh Thomson over the years.

The unnamed UFC Fight Night event on April 22 currently has no headliner or location on the books, with Gordon-Green possibly its highest-billed fight thus far. Other fights announced for this event include a women’s featherweight tilt pitting former bantamweight contender Karol Rosa against Norma Dumont, a strawweight clash as Iasmin Lucindo faces Melissa Martinez and a featherweight contest when Francis Marshall throws down with William Gomis.