While Jared Cannonier remains a Top 10 fixture in the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight division, time may be running out on any realistic climb toward the top.
The MMA Lab export will look to rebound from back-to-back losses when he confronts Gregory Rodrigues in the UFC Fight Night 251 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Cannonier has compiled a 10-8 record across his 18 appearances inside the Octagon. “The Killa Gorilla” last suited up on Aug. 24, when he wound up on the wrong side of a unanimous decision against Caio Borralho at UFC on ESPN 62. Rodrigues, meanwhile, enters the cage with the wind of a three-fight winning streak in his sails. The Kill Cliff Fight…
