Gregory Rodrigues returns to the Octagon on Saturday night time searching for his fourth-straight victory.
Backed by a trio of wins over Denis Tiuliulin, Brad Tavares, and Christian Leroy Duncan, ‘Robocop’ will look to bag his largest W but when he meets former middleweight title challenger Jarred Cannonier at UFC Vegas 102 inside The APEX in Las Vegas.
Over the previous few years, Rodrigues has emerged as a veritable fan favourite for his spectacular knockout energy and legendary toughness. The latter of which was on full show two years in the past when ‘Robocop’ squared off with Chidi Njokuani at one other Combat Night time occasion in Sin Metropolis.
Within the opening spherical, Rodrigues absorbed a brutal knee from Njokuani that busted open his brow proper between the eyebrows. ‘Robocop’ spent a lot of the remaining rounds gushing blood from the wound, but the battle was allowed to proceed after his cutman managed to rearrange the flaps of flesh and maintain them along with a Q-tip and a few Vaseline.
Understanding it was only a matter of time earlier than the cageside physician would become involved, Rodrigues ramped up his depth within the second spherical and rallied for a ground-and-pound end on the 87-second mark.
Gregory rodrigues’ lower just isn’t for the squeamish
It was solely after the battle that followers realized how actually horrific the lower Rodrigues sustained within the opening spherical was.
Warning: the beneath pictures are extraordinarily graphic and just for these with a robust abdomen.
Rodrigues has received 5 of his final six however has not but damaged into the middleweight high 15. If he comes out on high in opposition to the ‘Killa Gorilla’ on Saturday night time, he’s all however assured a spot among the many division’s high 10 as Cannonier at the moment occupies the No. 7 spot within the 185-pound rankings.
