LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JUNE 16: Jared Cannonier poses on the dimensions in the course of the UFC weigh-in at UFC APEX on June 16, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC through Getty Photographs)
The UFC, on the Apex, with the Combat Night time card. It appears like a nasty Clue final result, however that was the case with UFC Vegas 102, which featured a middleweight essential occasion that would assist push a brand new contender in the direction of the highest of the burden class.
Former title challenger Jared Cannonier, at 40, was over two years faraway from his loss to Israel Adesanya and an extended shot to work his method again to a shot at gold for a second time. At 32, Brazil’s Gregory Rodrigues was nonetheless in his prime, and trying to break into the middleweight rankings, the place Cannonier held the #7 spot. It will be a stretch to name the combat a potential “changing of the guard,” however “Robocop” Rodrigues was definitely contemporary blood in a division the place mainstays like Adesanya, Sean Strickland, and Robert Whittaker have been on the decline.
UFC Vegas 102: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues Weigh-In Outcomes
Fundamental card
Middleweight: Jared Cannonier vs. Gregory RodriguesFeatherweight: Calvin Kattar vs. Youssef ZalalMiddleweight: Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Dylan BudkaLightweight: Ismael Bonfim vs. Nazim SadykhovMiddleweight: Rodolfo Vieira vs. Andre PetroskiFeatherweight: Connor Matthews vs. Jose Delgado
Preliminary card
Ladies’s Strawweight: Angela Hill vs. Ketlen SouzaLightweight: Jared Gordon vs. Mashrabjon RuziboevFlyweight: Rafael Estevam vs. Jesús Santos AguilarWelterweight: Gabriel Bonfim vs. Khaos WilliamsBantamweight: Vince Morales vs. Elijah SmithHeavyweight: Valter Walker vs. Don’Story MayesWomen’s Bantamweight: Julia Avila vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
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