Jared Cannonier weathered an early storm and scored a formidable fourth-round TKO over the heavy-hitting Gregory Rodrigues within the UFC Vegas 102 co-main occasion.
As anticipated, Rodrigues got here out swinging within the opening spherical and managed to drop ‘The Killa Gorilla’ not as soon as, however twice. Even so, ‘Robocop’ was unable to capitalize as Cannonier utilized his wrestling to get better and escape the spherical.
Rodrigues switched gears within the second spherical, permitting Cannonier to steer the dance, however enterprise picked again up within the third when the Brazilian began to let his arms go late within the spherical. Nevertheless, it was Cannonier who would land the most important blow of the battle, connecting with a nasty elbow in shut that despatched Rodrigues crashing to the canvas.
Cannonier jumped on his man and unleashed some floor and pound, however there wasn’t sufficient time left within the spherical to complete issues.
Though Rodrigues made it out of the third spherical, the injury was performed and he seemed worse of wear and tear whereas heading again to his nook.
Understanding Rodrigues was compromised, Cannonier went straight to work within the fourth, unleashing a flurry of strikes till catching ‘Robocop’ with a proper hand that despatched him to the mat for the second time. Earlier than lengthy, referee Herb Dean had seen sufficient, stepping in and stopping the battle mere seconds into the penultimate spherical.
Official Outcome: Jared Cannonier def. Gregory Rodrigues through TKO (strikes) at 0:21 of Spherical 4.
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