“Robocop” will get his first Final Combating Championship (UFC) predominant occasion.
MMAmania.com confirmed with a number of sources at present that former Middleweight title challenger and No. 8 ranked Jared Cannonier will collide with surging Brazilian knockout artist Gregory Rodrigues in the principle occasion of UFC Vegas 102 on Sat., Feb. 15, 2025, which is about to go down within the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Cannonier (17-8) is driving the primary two-fight shedding streak of his Middleweight run. “Killa Gorilla” misplaced a unanimous choice to Caio Borralho in his final outing at UFC Vegas 96, and earlier than that, he was completed by Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Kentucky (watch highlights).
For what it’s value, UFC Vegas 102 might be Cannonier’s sixth straight predominant occasion.
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Rodrigues (16-5) will lastly have an opportunity to leap into the Middleweight high 15 rankings in his first predominant occasion.
“Robocop” is driving a three-fight successful streak by which he knocked out Denis Tiuliulin (watch it) and Brad Tavares. In his most up-to-date outing, he secured a unanimous choice over Christian Leroy Duncan earlier this yr at UFC 304.
Checkout the latest UFC Vegas 101 battle card:
Jared Cannonier vs. Gregory RodriguesRinat Fakhretdinov vs. Gabriel BonfimJulia Avila vs. Jacqueline CavalcantiRodolfo Vieira vs. Jacob MalkounIsmael Bonfim vs. Nazim SadykhovJuliana Miller vs. Carli JudiceJose Delgado vs. Connor MatthewsBilly Goff vs. Nikolay Veretennikov
To checkout UFC’s upcoming schedule of occasions click on right here.
