LAS VEGAS – Marina Rodriguez admits the matchmaking for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 214 main event with Amanda Lemos “doesn’t make a lot of sense” based on the rankings, but she’s confident in what a win will do for her career. With just one loss in her past eight fights, Rodriguez (17-1-2 MMA, 6-1-2 UFC) was hoping for a strawweight title shot, or at least a booking with a former champion like Rose Namajunas. She got neither, though, and meets surging fellow Brazilian contender Lemos (12-2-1 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in the headlining act at the UFC Apex, which streams on ESPN+. The bout takes place just one week prior to the next 115-pound title fight between Carla Esparza and Zhang Weili at UFC 281 in New York, and everything seems perfectly in line for the winners to clash
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