Marina Rodriguez wowed in the main event of UFC Vegas 39 this Saturday, putting on a striking clinic to best fellow Brazilian Mackenzie Dern. The win improved Rodriguez’s UFC mark to 6-1-2 and will see her leap up the UFC’s strawweight rankings.
At this time Rodriguez holds the 6th spot in the rankings, behind Dern, Yan Xiaonan, Carla Esparza, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Zhang Weili.
Zhang is due to face champion Rose Namajunas at UFC 268 on November 6th. When discussing the rankings at her post-fight press conference, Rodriguez argued that there’s one fighter above her in the rankings that doesn’t deserve to be there.