Gregory Rodrigues returns to the Octagon on Saturday evening in the hunt for his fourth-straight victory.
Backed by a trio of wins over Denis Tiuliulin, Brad Tavares, and Christian Leroy Duncan, ‘Robocop’ will look to bag his largest W but when he meets former middleweight title challenger Jarred Cannonier at UFC Vegas 102 inside The APEX in Las Vegas.
Over the previous couple of years, Rodrigues has emerged as a veritable fan favourite for his spectacular knockout energy and legendary toughness. The latter of which was on full show two years in the past when ‘Robocop’ squared off with Chidi Njokuani at one other Struggle Night time occasion in Sin Metropolis.
Within the opening spherical, Rodrigues absorbed a brutal knee from Njokuani that busted open his brow proper between the eyebrows. ‘Robocop’ spent a lot of the remaining rounds gushing blood from the wound, but the struggle was allowed to proceed after his cutman managed to rearrange the flaps of flesh and maintain them along with a Q-tip and a few Vaseline.
Figuring out it was only a matter of time earlier than the cageside physician would get entangled, Rodrigues ramped up his depth within the second spherical and rallied for a ground-and-pound end on the 87-second mark.
Gregory rodrigues’ lower isn’t for the squeamish
It was solely after the struggle that followers realized how really horrific the lower Rodrigues sustained within the opening spherical was.
Warning: the beneath pictures are extraordinarily graphic and just for these with a robust abdomen.
Rodrigues has received 5 of his final six however has not but damaged into the middleweight prime 15. If he comes out on prime in opposition to the ‘Killa Gorilla’ on Saturday evening, he’s all however assured a spot among the many division’s prime 10 as Cannonier presently occupies the No. 7 spot within the 185-pound rankings.
