She could also be softly spoken and shy, however Canadian flyweight Gillian Robertson made a bit piece of historical past on Saturday evening as she grew to become the fighter with essentially the most submission finishes in UFC girls’s historical past.
Robertson, whose preventing nickname is “Savage”, submitted fellow contender Cortney Casey with simply 28 seconds remaining of their flyweight battle on the UFC Apex on Saturday evening.
It gave Robertson her eighth profession victory and her fifth win within the UFC. She has completed every certainly one of her wins, and her victory over Casey carried further significance as she surpassed UFC legend Ronda Rousey’s submission file.
Absolute 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. 😳
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The primary-ever UFC girls’s champion had beforehand held the file for essentially the most submission finishes in any girls’s UFC weight class, with three, and was joined by former strawweight champion Rose Namajunas.
Then Robertson equaled that tally again in February 2019 together with her rear-naked choke end of Veronica Macedo in Prague, Czech Republic.
Robertson then picked up a TKO win over Sarah Frota earlier than being stopped by rising flyweight star Maycee Barber final October.
However in Las Vegas on Saturday evening, Robertson bounced again into the win column with an outstanding rear-naked choke end as she pressured the faucet from Casey and broke Rousey’s file within the course of.
Robertson is skilled by former UFC fighter Din Thomas, who lately left Florida’s American Prime Group to run his personal teaching operation, however the COVID-19 pandemic threw a spanner within the works of these plans.
Undeterred, Thomas transformed his storage right into a health club, and labored tirelessly with Robertson to get her prepared for her battle on the UFC Apex on Saturday evening.
That work paid off, with Robertson exhibiting that she is among the most harmful submission threats in any girls’s weight class – and, because of her win over Casey, she’s now essentially the most prolific submission finisher in UFC girls’s historical past.
Not dangerous for a girl who admits she’s an unlikely individual to be a world-class UFC fighter.
“Truthfully, for me, it is only a sport to me. It is like taking part in soccer, taking part in soccer. That is simply how I have a look at it,” she stated earlier than her battle at UFC 240 final 12 months.
“I am extra in love with the psychological facet of jiu-jitsu than anything. It isn’t like I wish to harm folks. I’ve by no means been in a avenue battle.
“I am in all probability the least aggressive individual I do know! However once I go within the cage… that is how I bought the nickname!”
