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UFC Vegas 26 Medical Suspensions: 3 Potentially Long Layoffs

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Marina Rodriguez Eyeing Fights With Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Yan Xiaonan

Marina Rodriguez is only targeting the top contenders in the women’s strawweight division now. Rodriguez earned a unanimous decision win after fighting five rounds with Michelle Waterson in the UFC Vegas 26 headliner last night. As a result, she earned arguably the biggest victory of her career while making it two wins in a row. […]

Marina Rodriguez is only targeting the top contenders in the women’s strawweight division now.

Rodriguez earned a unanimous decision win after fighting five rounds with Michelle Waterson in the UFC Vegas 26 headliner last night.

As a result, she earned arguably the biggest victory of her career while making it two wins in a row. More than anything, she was looking to put on a show and she did just that with her striking display early on.

“One of the big things was trying to control the distance without making it boring,” Rodriguez said at the post-fight press conference (via MMA Junkie). “At the end of the day that’s what we’re here for. We’re not here to put on boring fight, we’re here to entertain the fans as well.

“She did a very good job at avoiding it, so props to her. I came here to get a knockout if there was a chance and she didn’t put the chance out there. I tried to blitz as much as I could, but I couldn’t get the finish. But that’s props to her.”

Although Waterson is not ranked, she is a big name at 115.

And now that she is coming off a win over her as well as a knockout victory over Amanda Ribas, Rodriguez wants a big name in the top 15.

Two names in particular stand out to the Brazilian who is looking to stay active in 2021.

“I would like to fight a couple more times this year,” Rodriguez said. “Hoping a top-three opponent next time around. Yan (Xiaonan) is fighting (Carla) Esparza now. If she wins, that could be a very good fight. Esparza I fought already, and quite recently, so it’s not a fight I’m very excited to do. Maybe one of us gets the belt and we can fight again.

“Joanna (Jedrzejczyk) is a fight that I’ve always been looking forward (to) and I think the fans are, too. If she’s back and considering fighting again, I would be more than willing to fight her.”

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UFC Vegas 26 Results: Rodriguez vs. Waterson

LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 26: Rodriguez vs. Waterson results throughout the afternoon (Sat. 8th. April 2021) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Taking main event status on short notice, a flyweight showdown between top-ten strawweight contenders, Marina Rodriguez and Michelle Waterson — who replace an injured, T.J. Dillashaw who was forced […]

LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 26: Rodriguez vs. Waterson results throughout the afternoon (Sat. 8th. April 2021) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Taking main event status on short notice, a flyweight showdown between top-ten strawweight contenders, Marina Rodriguez and Michelle Waterson — who replace an injured, T.J. Dillashaw who was forced from his return against Cory Sandhagen due to a laceration above his right eye.

Brazilian striker, Rodriguez makes her second outing of the year, following an appearance on ‘Fight Island’ in January — where she notched an eye-catching second round knockout victory over Amanda Ribas.

Headlining UFC Vegas 10 in September, former Invicta FC atomweight champion, Waterson took home a unanimous decision result over Angela Hill.

Replacing former lightweight title challenger, Diego Sanchez on short notice amid his UFC release, Fortis MMA trainee, Alex Morono clashes with another former title chaser, Donald Cerrone in the co-main event of the night.

Cerrone enters the tie, winless in his last five consecutively, with his most recent outing ending in an eventual ‘No Contest’ against Niko Price at UFC Vegas 11 in September.

For Morono, the Houston native suffered a unanimous decision loss to former WEC and UFC lightweight best, Anthony Pettis at UFC Vegas 17 in December.

UFC Vegas 26 Results: Rodriguez vs. Waterson

Main Card: (ESPN/ESPN+ 8 p.m. ET)

Flyweight: Marina Rodriguez vs. Michelle Waterson

Welterweight: Donald Cerrone vs. Alex Morono

Welterweight: Neil Magny vs. Geoff Neal

Heavyweight: Maurice Greene vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Catchweight (160.5lbs): Diego Ferreira vs. Gregor Gillespie

Middleweight: Phil Hawes vs. Kyle Daukaus

Preliminary Card: (ESPN+ 5 p.m. ET)

Featherweight: L’udovit Klein vs. Michael Trizano

Middleweight: Jun Yong Park vs. Tafon Nchukwi

Welterweight: Christian Aguilera vs. Carlston Harris