Gordon vs Madsen

Who won Gordon vs Madsen?

Jared Gordon beat Mark O Madsen by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 295, on Saturday 11th November 2023 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Gordon vs Madsen stats

Jared Gordon stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Mark O Madsen made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Jared Gordon's UFC record stood at 8-5-0, while Mark O Madsen's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Gordon had a slight advantage in power over Madsen, with a 32% knock out percentage over Madsen's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Madsen had an advantage over Gordon, with a 25% submission rate over Gordon's 11%.

Jared Gordon was the younger man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Gordon had a height advantage of 1 inch over Madsen. Despite this, Madsen had 4-inch reach advantage.

Gordon was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Madsen, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 39 more professional rounds, 67 to Madsen's 28.

Gordon vs Madsen form

Jared Gordon had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, his fight against Bobby Green at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 ended in a no contest.

Previous to that, he had lost to Paddy Pimblett at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Leonardo Santos at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had been beaten by Grant Dawson at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Joe Solecki at UFC Vegas 38 on 2nd October 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Madsen had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Grant Dawson at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Vinc Pichel at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Clay Guida at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, he had won against Danilo Belluardo at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

He had beaten Thibaud Larchet at Cage Warriors 103 on 9th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at K.B Hallen, Copenhagen.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jared Gordon had been fighting more than Mark O Madsen.

Going to this contest, Jared Gordon had last fought 1 year and 5 days ago, while Mark O Madsen's last outing had been 1 year, 5 months and 22 days ago.

Gordon's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Madsen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Gordon vs Madsen?

Jared Gordon was a 23/50 (-220) favourite going into the contest, while Mark O Madsen made his way into the ring at 9/5 (+180) with oddsmakers.