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Strong effort in native Canada
Robertson defeated Polyana Viana via TKO (punches) at 3:12 of Round 2 at UFC 297 on Saturday in Toronto.
ANALYSIS
Robertson is known for her wrestling and ground game. While this goes in the books as a knockout win, Gillian won this fight on the strength of her grappling. She easily landed both of her takedown attempts and proceeded to rack up 6:06 worth of dominant control time. Robertson almost earned a submission win in Round 1 before finishing Viana off with repeated unanswered shots midway through Round 2. The 28-year-old Canadian is quietly 3-1 in her past four fights dating back to September 2022, but Robertson will need to start to defeat better competition in order to make any sort of legitimate run at 115 pounds. In the meantime, she'll take home an extra $50,00 via one of two Performance of the Night bonuses awarded on the evening.
Robertson is known for her wrestling and ground game. While this goes in the books as a knockout win, Gillian won this fight on the strength of her grappling. She easily landed both of her takedown attempts and proceeded to rack up 6:06 worth of dominant control time. Robertson almost earned a submission win in Round 1 before finishing Viana off with repeated unanswered shots midway through Round 2. The 28-year-old Canadian is quietly 3-1 in her past four fights dating back to September 2022, but Robertson will need to start to defeat better competition in order to make any sort of legitimate run at 115 pounds. In the meantime, she'll take home an extra $50,00 via one of two Performance of the Night bonuses awarded on the evening.
Scheduled against Viana
Robertson will compete against Polyana Viana in a strawweight fight at UFC 297 in Toronto on Jan. 20, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Robertson will remain at strawweight for her next fight. She is 1-1 since returning to the lower-weight division, with a win over Piera Rodriguez and a loss to Tabatha Ricci.
Robertson will remain at strawweight for her next fight. She is 1-1 since returning to the lower-weight division, with a win over Piera Rodriguez and a loss to Tabatha Ricci.
Brief winning streak snapped
Robertson lost to Tabatha Ricci via unanimous decision (28-29, 28-29, 27-30) at UFC on ABC 5 on Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida.
ANALYSIS
A pure mat specialist that struggles to generate offense outside of her submission attempts, Robertson was always going to find herself in trouble in a prolonged kickboxing match. She landed just a single takedown in attempt in Round 3, good for 25 seconds of control time. A member of the UFC roster since December 2017, Robertson is still just 28 years of age. She's good enough on the mat that she should continue to be able to hover around the .500 mark moving forward, but she has no history of defeating better competition. Robertson's UFC record falls to 9-6 with this setback.
A pure mat specialist that struggles to generate offense outside of her submission attempts, Robertson was always going to find herself in trouble in a prolonged kickboxing match. She landed just a single takedown in attempt in Round 3, good for 25 seconds of control time. A member of the UFC roster since December 2017, Robertson is still just 28 years of age. She's good enough on the mat that she should continue to be able to hover around the .500 mark moving forward, but she has no history of defeating better competition. Robertson's UFC record falls to 9-6 with this setback.
Matched up with Ricci
Robertson will take on Tabatha Ricci at UFC Jacksonville on June 24, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Robertson is coming off a submission victory a couple weeks ago against Piera Rodriguez. That came after her another submission win against Mariya Agapova last September. Ricci is coming off her third straight victory so this should be an exciting matchup.
Robertson is coming off a submission victory a couple weeks ago against Piera Rodriguez. That came after her another submission win against Mariya Agapova last September. Ricci is coming off her third straight victory so this should be an exciting matchup.
Scores another submission win
Robertson defeated Piera Rodriguez via submission (armbar) at 4:21 of Round 2 at UFC on ESPN 44 on Saturday in Kansas City.
ANALYSIS
Robertson's striking is well below average, and she is going to consistently struggle if she isn't able to get her opposition to the mat, but she's an excellent submission specialist that is capable of tapping out any woman in the division. A novice grappler like Rodriguez that entered with all of nine professional fights under her belt never had a chance once Gillian dragged her to the mat midway through Round 2. Robertson's deficiencies in the stand-up are going to severely limit her ability to run off a prolonged winning streak, but she's going to have dominant performances such as this one every once in a while. This particular one led to her taking home one of three Performance of the Night bonuses awarded on the evening.
Robertson's striking is well below average, and she is going to consistently struggle if she isn't able to get her opposition to the mat, but she's an excellent submission specialist that is capable of tapping out any woman in the division. A novice grappler like Rodriguez that entered with all of nine professional fights under her belt never had a chance once Gillian dragged her to the mat midway through Round 2. Robertson's deficiencies in the stand-up are going to severely limit her ability to run off a prolonged winning streak, but she's going to have dominant performances such as this one every once in a while. This particular one led to her taking home one of three Performance of the Night bonuses awarded on the evening.