UFC's Gordon fought day after getting hit by car

Gordon has won 21 of his 30 professional bouts

Jared Gordon says he "maybe" made the wrong decision to fight Rafa Garcia at UFC Noche on Saturday a day after being hit by a car.

The American lightweight, 37, was stopped in the third round by Mexican-American Garcia following a succession of elbows on the ground in San Antonio, Texas.

Gordon fought with a sleeve covering his knee before later revealing he had sprained a ligament a day earlier after being hit by a car.

"Two hours after weigh-ins I was standing in the street while a car was backing out behind me, I was looking down the street away from the car," Gordon wrote on X.

"The front end of the car started turning, and the right wheel ran my right foot over as the bumper started turning and buckled my knee inward, spraining my MCL (medial collateral ligament).

"I thought about pulling out, but decided not to. Was it the wrong decision? Maybe so. After a hard, good camp I didn't wanna pull out. It is what it is. I'll move forward. Sorry to all my fans for the performance."

Gordon has fought 17 times in the UFC, winning nine bouts since debuting in the promotion in 2017.