‘Robocop’ has booked his first UFC headliner.
In keeping with a report from Alex Behunin of MMAMania.com, streaking Brazilian standout Gregory Rodrigues will return to the Octagon on Saturday, February 15 for a showdown with No. 8 ranked middleweight contender Jared Cannonier. The occasion is predicted to emanate from The APEX in Las Vegas.
Rodrigues goes into the bout driving a three-fight win streak with victories over Denis Tiuliulin, Brad Tavares, and Christian Leroy Duncan. General, ‘Robocop’ is 7-2 beneath the UFC banner together with his lone losses coming in opposition to Arman Petrosyan and Bruno Ferreira. 5 of Rodrigues’ seven wins have come inside the gap — all by way of knockout.
Cannonier appears to snap two-fight skid in opposition to ‘robocop’
In the meantime, Cannonier is coming off the primary two-fight dropping skid of his UFC run after developing brief in opposition to Nassourdine Imavov and Caio Borralho in his final two outings.
Earlier than that, ‘Killa Gorilla’ had a powerful run that noticed him win 4 out of 5, together with selections over Kelvin Gastelum, former 185-pound titleholder Sean Strickland, and one-time UFC title challenger Marvin Vettori.
It will likely be Cannonier’s sixth straight UFC essential occasion.
Take a look at the cardboard for UFC Vegas 102 so far:
Jared Cannonier vs. Gregory Rodrigues
Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Gabriel Bonfim
Julia Avila vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
Rodolfo Vieira vs. Jacob Malkoun
Ismael Bonfim vs. Nazim Sadykhov
Juliana Miller vs. Carli Judice
Jose Delgado vs. Connor Matthews
Billy Goff vs. Nikolay Veretennikov
