For reasons that remain unclear, Michelle Waterson-Gomez and Marina Rodriguez will fun back their matchup from May 2021. Rodriguez has gone 2-2 since their first fight with wins over Mackenzie Dern and Yan Xiaonan before back-to-back losses to Amana Lemos and Virna Jandiroba.
Waterson-Gomez has only fought twice in the some time span with a submission loss to Lemos and a split decision that she dropped against Luana Pinheiro.
In essence, the 37-year-old hasn't really shown any improvement over the last two years and will now get a matchup we have already seen her in. In the first fight, Waterson only won one round on two of the scorecards and was outstruck 125-88, per UFC Stats.
Rodriguez's stock might have aken a hit from the back-to-back losses, but they aren't results that would give a reason to believe that she can't once again get the better of Waterson.
Expect Rodriguez to get back on track while Waterson-Gomez looks like it might be time to consider retirement.
Prediction: Rodriguez via third-round TKO
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