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And it’s because of the type of man he is, a guy who is appreciative of those who have been there for him and who is concerned about people he doesn’t know who are struggling in their day-to-day lives now. Gordon, though, can’t bring himself to walk away from MMA. There’s an easy solution, of course: Quit fighting. ‘What’s next?’ … It gives me anxiety and stress.” It’s bettered my life, yes, but it doesn’t give me lasting fulfillment. “I love fighting, I love martial arts and I love competing,” Gordon said in the video. He clarified those comments in a video he later posted to his Twitter account when reaction to his comments started to increase. “MMA hasn’t helped me at all,” Gordon said. And so he uses the bully pulpit he gets as a UFC fighter to try to help others.Īt Wednesday’s media day, he discussed the difficulties that fighting cause for him. For those who helped him from the depths of addiction, who took him from the streets, who removed him from death’s door, he hasn’t forgotten.

He is, though, that rare kind of person who is trying to pay it forward. Gordon fights for a living, though the thought of stepping into a cage to fight another man with the world watching creates as many problems for him as it solves. But those who believe it’s just something in the past and easy to move on from don’t understand sobriety. Gordon managed to turn his life around, and despite struggles, has managed to remain sober.

That led him to a life of hard drugs and alcohol. Gordon was only 9 when he was raped by a camp counselor. The fact that he’s alive at this point after the life he has led is, in and of itself, a miracle. By all rights, Jared Gordon shouldn’t be in Salt Lake City this week, putting his body through torture to sweat it down to no more than 156 pounds by Friday morning so that on Saturday, he can fight Leonardo Santos at Vivint Arena as part of the UFC 278 card.