Marina Rodriguez could not have squeezed much more out of her Ultimate Fighting Championship experience thus far, outside of challenging for the undisputed women’s strawweight crown.
The Thai Brasil rep will attempt to reassert herself in the 115-pound weight class when she confronts Gillian Robertson in a UFC on ESPN 67 prelim on Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. Rodriguez has lost four of her past five bouts, the last two by split decision. At 38, her margin for error has thinned considerably.
“I’ve faced only the best fighters in the strawweight division,” she told Sherdog.