Middleweight contender Jared Cannonier entered Saturday’s primary occasion on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas towards Gregory Rodrigues coming off back-to-back losses. “The Killa Gorilla” was in pressing want of a win and issues didn’t get off to an excellent begin.
Rodrigues dropped Cannonier twice within the opening spherical and seemed to be properly on his option to an early end. Cannonier recovered, regrouped and adjusted within the second spherical taking the battle to the Brazilian.
Questioned about how badly he was damage within the first spherical throughout his Octagon Interview with Daniel Cormier, Cannonier mentioned, “I suppose I used to be damage sufficient to get dropped on my ass a few occasions in that battle.”
“However naturally so. Gregory hits laborious as hell and he was slinging big-ass pictures. I used to be capable of climate the storm and preserve my composure even in these actually robust spots. Labored my means again as much as my ft and I might relatively die on my ft than on my again.”
