Jared Cannonier weathered an early storm and scored a powerful 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 well and escape the spherical.
Rodrigues switched gears within the second spherical, permitting Cannonier to guide the dance, however enterprise picked again up within the third when the Brazilian began to let his fingers go late within the spherical. Nevertheless, it was Cannonier who would land the largest blow of the struggle, 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 harm was executed and he regarded worse of damage whereas heading again to his nook.
Realizing 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 struggle mere seconds into the penultimate spherical.
Official End result: Jared Cannonier def. Gregory Rodrigues through TKO (strikes) at 0:21 of Spherical 4.
