Rodriguez opened the UFC Fight Night 269 action in a strawweight rematch against Sam Hughes on Saturday at the Apex in Las Vegas. “La Fiera” landed the more damaging shots throughout to earn a unanimous decision win over Hughes.
Rodriguez then called out four ranked opponents for her next matchup – Angela Hill, Gillian Robertson, Lupita Godinez and Denise Gomez. Rodriguez also named Hill as her most preferred matchup to avenge an old sparring session. The Venezuelan recalls sparring with Hill when she first came to the U.S. While Rodriguez was used to all-around respect in the gym, things allegedly went south in her sparring session with Hill. According to Rodriguez, she took Hill down, which triggered the UFC veteran. “Overkill” then returned to her feet and split Rodriguez’s nose open with a front kick to the face. Hill allegedly didn’t stop even after seeing Rodriguez bleed from her nose. Hill didn’t even ask Rodriguez about her well being after they stopped.
Fighting for a Ranking
“I hope to fight an opponent on the rankings next,” Rodriguez said in a post-fight interview with the UFC. “I’m really excited to get in the rankings… I got Angela Hill, Gillian Robertson, Lupita Godinez, and Denise Gomez. I’ve been stepping on their toes for a while. So I want to get a fight with any of these four.
“… [Preferably] Angela Hill. I faced her in sparring a long time ago when I first came to the U.S. Where I come from, they teach me to be very respectful with people who come to our gym the first time. And I thought everybody was like that because I come from that type of school. And I went to do sparring in her gym and I was super excited, ‘Oh, I’m gonna spar with a UFC fighter.’ And then I started sparring with her and I took her down and she didn’t like it. And as soon as she got up, she threw me a front kick to the nose and she split by nose in half. I started bleeding and she kept going. And I told her, ‘Stop, stop.’ My nose was bleeding and she didn’t even ask me like, ‘Are you OK?’ I thought that was disrespectful.”
Rodriguez (12-2) has now defeated Hughes (11-7) twice and is riding a three-fight winning streak. Meanwhile, Hill (18-16) is on a two-fight slump.
"I want to face Angela Hill."
Notching her third-straight win at #UFCVegas114, Piera Rodriguez calls for her next matchup to be against a veteran
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