The middleweight clash between Anthony Hernandez and Gregory Rodrigues that headlined the UFC Sacramento fight card this past Saturday earned Fight of the Night honors. It saw Hernandez badly compromised early on by legs mount a comeback. It featured knockdowns, clinch battles and both men having to dig deep.
Rodrigues won the bout via unanimous decision but according to Hernandez the fight also included some dirty tactics by “Robocop.”
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“The more I seen him slow down I thought, “Okay, I’m going to get him this round.” And I hit him a few times and rocked his sh*t. He’s a tough son of a bitch, man. I hit him with everything in the kitchen sink. I hit him with some hard elbows,” Hernandez said during the UFC Sacramento Post-Fight Press Conference. “The f**ker was cheating and grabbing inside of my gloves. And I told Herb (Dean) that. I fight clean, man. So, it is what it is. Maybe I should be more dirty.”
“I told f**king Herb, this motherf**ker grabbed my glove like four times, and I was like, “Hey, he’s grabbing my gloves.” And he told him, ‘Hey, stop.’ But I mean, whatever, don’t take a point, whatever. You know what I mean? F**k it. I guess people like to cheat, so it is what it is.”
“Fluffy” also revealed that he entered the bout injured and admitted to having injections in his shoulder prior to the event.
“When I took this fight I was injured, out for seven months, so I knew what I had coming into this. I had a f**king shoulder injury. I just got injections on Saturday so I wouldn’t feel my shoulder,” he said. “All odds stacked against me. I had a hurry-up camp. And I went out there and did what I did, so I’m proud of myself at the end of the day.”
