A girls’s strawweight conflict between No. 9 ranked Marina Rodriguez and No. 12 ranked Gillian Robertson came about on Saturday’s UFC Des Moines preliminary struggle card.
Rodriguez entered the struggle coming off back-to-back losses and in determined want of a win. She had misplaced 4 of her final 5 fights and was combating to remain related within the division.
Robertson made the stroll to the octagon using a three-fight winnings streak. The Canadian was trying to crack the Prime 10 rankings and increase on her latest momentum.
Robertson landed first with a leg kick adopted by a proper hand. Rodriguez fired again with a proper hand. Robertson modified ranges and took Rodriguez down 90 seconds into the struggle. She delivered brief elbows to the leg of Rodriguez as she labored to isolate an arm. Robertson repeatedly delivered elbows to the thigh. Rodriguez turned and Robertson related with left fingers. Within the closing minute, Roberson started touchdown elbows. It was a dominant spherical for Robertson. MMAWeekly scored the spherical 10-9 for the Canadian.
Rodriguez opened the second spherical with a mix. Robertson secured a takedown and mounted Rodriguez. She posture up and delivered elbows and punches. Rodriguez lined up and rolled. Robertson continued to hammer away till the referee stopped the struggle.
The official time of the TKO stoppage was 2:07 of the second spherical.
