{"id":323387,"date":"2019-08-24T09:34:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T16:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=323387"},"modified":"2019-08-24T09:34:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T16:34:05","slug":"video-ufc-lightweight-jared-gordon-takes-down-bat-wielding-stranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-ufc-lightweight-jared-gordon-takes-down-bat-wielding-stranger\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | UFC lightweight Jared Gordon takes down bat-wielding stranger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight Jared Gordon was having a nice night with his family in Chicago \u2014 until he was accosted by a stranger wielding a baseball bat.<\/p>\n<p>It all started with an &#8220;I &#x2764;&#xfe0f; Crack Whores&#8221; bumper sticker.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon says he saw this bumper sticker, and attempted to take a video of it for his Instagram story. At that point, the driver of the car emerged, wielding a baseball bat, and threatening Gordon and his family. So Gordon took action.<\/p>\n<p>See a video of this incident below.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/butler.au\/videos\/pcb.10157565436462148\/10157565431767148\/<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how Jared Gordon described the incident on his official Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I had an awesome time last night with my parents, cousin and her husband here in #Chicago until this happened. As we were walking back to the hotel I saw a car with a bumper sticker that said \u201cI love crack whores\u201d&#8230;so I stopped to do a IG story, seen in second video, and the guy gets out of the car and gets a bat out of his trunk and runs up to me and my cousins husband. We subdue him, it took everything in me not to hit him. But I do step on his neck and he goes to sleep for about 2-3 seconds&#8230; fun night in the windy city!&#8221; &#8211;<\/em> Jared Gordon on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1jOIRAJyD5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Jared Gordon has had to get physical with a stranger. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-see-the-street-fight-that-left-ufc-lightweight-jared-gordon-with-21-stitches-on-his-fingers\/\">He also famously mangled his hand in a street fight in 2017.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course we hit into the f*cking storefront window and it comes crashing down on me and cuts my hand wide open, my fingers,\u201d Gordon told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/7\/31\/17632854\/jared-gordon-details-wild-street-fight-before-ufc-austin-left-him-with-21-stitches-and-deformed-hand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a> of this 2017 street fight. \u201cLuck of the draw for me, as always. I got 21 stitches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gordon last fought \u2014 inside the cage \u2014 in June, when he defeated Dan Moret by unanimous decision. This victory separated him from back-to-back losses to Joaquim Silva and Carlos Diego Ferreira. He&#8217;s a solid 15-3 overall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/23\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight Jared Gordon was having a nice night with his family in Chicago \u2014 until he was accosted by a stranger wielding a baseball bat. It all started with an &#8220;I &#x2764;&#xfe0f; Crack Whores&#8221; bumper sticker. 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