“It’s so good to have people like him and Gilbert (Burns) on my side, man,” Rodrigues said. “I’m so grateful for that. We are always talking together about how the camp was not something we have, but something we enjoy. It was so nice, and I know I can show that inside the cage on Saturday.”
The man whom Rodrigues faces is Denis Tiuliulin. The bout was originally scheduled for late-June but was moved to UFC 292: Sterling vs O’Malley.
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That just meant more time for Rodrigues to enjoy his rejuvenated love for training and more time spent refining his already fan-friendly skillset.
“He’s a striking guy, but I have a lot of stuff that I can work on,” he said. “I believe the fight is going my way. I will control the whole fight, and I will do what I need to do.”