Eddie Gordon Says TUF: Redemption Is About Unfinished Business For Him

Eddie Gordon spoke with MMAjunkie about his participation in The Ultimate Fighter 25: Redemption. Some highlights are below:

On returning for TUF: Redemption: “It was definitely an interesting scenario getting the call to participate in the ‘Redemption’ season. The first thought in my mind was, ‘All right – but what do I have to redeem? I kind of won the whole entire thing.’ So it was a little bit weird. Then they told me the weight, and that was the biggest ‘aha’ moment. I haven’t been 170 since I was probably in sixth grade. It was weird and mixed emotions, because I vowed I would never do anything like that again. But the opportunity came up, and I said, ‘You only live once.’ And I felt like I had a lot of unfinished business with the UFC. So I gave it a shot.”

On jumping right back into the UFC: “I could’ve taken a couple fights outside the UFC and then get a shot back in the UFC, but for me, it was more about not the winning, but about the unfinished business. I feel like I reached nowhere near my potential (in the UFC), so that was my redemption.”