UFC veteran Jared Cannonier refuses ‘gatekeeper’ tag after emphatic TKO against Gregory Rodrigues
The IndependentSign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. You guys kept saying: ‘You’re fighting this up-and-comer,’ ‘You’re fighting a second up-and-comer,’ ‘You’re fighting another up-and-comer.’ Doesn’t that sound like, ‘Hey, you’re a gatekeeper’? I couldn’t come up with anything clever, so!” Jared Cannonier bounced back from losses to Caio Borralho and Nassourdine Imavov Cannonier was dropped twice by Rodrigues in round one, before fighting back to almost finish the Brazilian in round three. “I didn’t hear the bell ring at the end of that round,” Cannonier revealed in the cage after the bout, “so I thought I’d finished the fight. I got up and was looking around like, ‘How come nobody’s as excited as I am?’ Then they reaffirmed that it was just the end of the round.” Cannonier would ultimately seal the win in round four, dropping Rodrigues with a barrage of strikes against the fence.
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