Marina Rodriguez overcomes commute woes with dominant UFC win over Michelle WatersonPosted by Rahbek Boye on May 25th, 2021 
Rodriguez, Waterson let fingers fly in leading adventure (0:53) Marina Rodriguez and Michelle Waterson exchange blows in their leading adventure bout at UFC battle night. (0:53) Marina Rodriguez did not arrive in Las Vegas unless Thursday, two days later than each different fighter on the cardboard. The Brazil native had struggles getting a visa into the USA as a result of COVID-19 and spent 20 hours in trip over Wednesday and Thursday morning. None of that ended up mattering Saturday. Rodriguez defeated Michelle Waterson, using her Muay Thai wonderful easily en path to a unanimous resolution (48-47, 49-46, forty nine-46) win in the UFC battle night leading experience in Las Vegas. It changed into one of the ultimate performances of Rodriguez's career. "there were so many challenges, but the big factor become just armoring my mind," Rodriguez observed after the combat through a translator. "The entire group put our shields up. We knew it might be distinctive and we could not be shaken with the aid of it." The in the beginning scheduled leading experience Saturday turned into former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw taking over desirable contender Cory Sandhagen. but Dillashaw withdrew remaining week as a result of damage. That bout might be rebooked. Rodriguez and Waterson didn't agree to this bout -- up a division at flyweight as a result of the timing -- until April 27, and the UFC failed to make it reputable unless this previous Tuesday. the first three rounds featured Rodriguez chewing Waterson up with massive right hands, knees out of a Thai clinch and elbows with Waterson against the cage. As tough as Rodriguez tried, even though, she could not get the durable Waterson out of there. And Waterson mounted an immense comeback in the fourth circular. Waterson took Rodriguez down in the fourth and landed big elbows from half preserve. in the fifth circular, Waterson landed a head kick that wobbled Rodriguez and brought about bad swelling on the left of her jaw. Waterson adopted that up with a aspect kick to the physique that evidently damage Rodriguez. In that final, eventful round, Rodriguez become in a position to score a head kick late that did harm to Waterson. All fights from UFC combat night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson will be available to watch on ESPN+. • Marina Rodriguez vs. Michelle Waterson• Donald Cerrone vs. Alex Morono• Neil Magny vs. Geoff Neal• Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Maurice Greene• Diego Ferreira vs. Gregor Gillespie• Phil Hawes vs. Kyle Daukaus• Ludovit Klein vs. Michael Trizano• Jun Yong Park vs. Tafon Nchukwi• Christian Aguilera vs. Carlston Harris Watch the comprehensive card on ESPN+ Coming in, ESPN had Rodriguez ranked No. 6 on the planet at strawweight and Waterson ranked No. 9. Rodriguez spoke of the key ingredient about overcoming her prefight go back and forth chaos "was we had been able to are available, show the work we did and get the victory even with every thing going in opposition t us." Rodriguez brought that she aims to goal a properly-three opponent -- probably Joanna Jedrzejczyk -- for her subsequent combat and mentioned she seems like she is close to a title shot. The bout took region with COVID-19 protocols in effect on the UFC Apex, the facility throughout the street from the promotion's company campus. Rodriguez (14-1-2) has only 1 loss in seven UFC outings and now has two straight wins. The Muay Thai specialist become coming off a 2nd-circular TKO win over prospect Amanda Ribas in January. Rodriguez, 34, has misplaced most effective to former champion Carla Esparza within the UFC, but she has a pair of draws in opposition t Cynthia Calvillo and Randa Markos. Waterson (18-9) is the previous Invicta FC atomweight champion and one of the crucial commonplace girls's combatants on the UFC roster. combating out of recent Mexico, Waterson became coming off a split choice win over Angela Hill ultimate September, which snapped a two-battle dropping skid. Waterson, 35, has won 4 of six fights basic. "[Waterson is] so experienced," Rodriguez said. "that is the issue I knew going into it. When she turned into Invicta champion, that become [around the same time as] my first Muay Thai class. I regarded up to her, too. I knew she became very hard. to head 5 rounds along with her and win, or not it's a fantastic feat for my career."
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