Hailing from Brazil, Gregory Rodrigues is looking to share the stage against former middleweight title contender Jared Cannonier at UFC Fight Night 251. With an amazing record of 16 victories and 5 defeats, ‘Robocop’ has decimated 85% of his opponents by way of finish. Impressing the higher-ups of the promotion, Rodrigues will be looking to extend winning streaks. However, there are instances when he faced immense trouble in his MMA career.
Losing only five fights in his MMA career, two of them came just because he was underprepared. Ahead of his clash against ‘Killa Gorilla’, let’s have a closer look at Rodrigues’s losses. Let’s get started.
Gregory Rodrigues losses
Born in Porto Velho, Gregory Rodrigues’s family shifted to Manaus when he was just four months old. ‘Robocop’ was initially introduced to the arts of combat sports when he was just five years old. Starting with Capoeira, ‘Robocop’ transitioned to jiu-jitsu when he was 8 years old. He eventually became a black belt under the tutelage of Senseí Henrique Machado, who was also Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza’s jiu-jitsu coach. After becoming an eight-time national champion as well as the jiu-jitsu world champion, Rodrigues moved to Rio de Janeiro to start his professional MMA career.
The first loss of his career came against Bruno Lopes, who knocked him out in the very first round to clinch victory. It was Rodrigues’s debut fight in professional MMA and he got the taste of competition early on. The second loss of his career came against Renato Rangel back in 2015, Rangel clinched a split-decision victory over Gregory Rodrigues.
After the second loss of his career, ‘Robocop’ went on a six-fight winning streak before ultimately being defeated by Jordan Williams at the Contender Series in 2020. His next losses came against Armen Petrosyan and Bruno Ferriera under the UFC. Now that we know about his losses, let us have a look at his other statistics
Gregory Rodrigues’ stats and record
Standing at 191 cm tall, Gregory Rodrigues is one of the tallest fighters in the middleweight division. With a career record of 16 victories and 5 defeats, ‘Robocop’ has knocked out ten opponents and submitted three. Notably, he has secured seven first-round finishes—a statistic that alone makes him a formidable fighter.
That’s not all, the fighter has a striking accuracy of 56% and a takedown accuracy of 42%. What’s impressive is that the fighter has a 100% takedown defense and 51% significant striking defense. He is an IBJJF world champion at the purple belt as well. Looking forward to facing Cannonier, Rodrigues said, “I think that’s payoff for the hard work I’ve done in my whole career to this moment. I’m so grateful, I’m so happy, and I can’t wait for it.”
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