Here's the match video of Gillian Robertson vs Poliana Botelho from last night's UFC show in Abu Dhabi. This fight is at Flyweight. Gillian is a grappling whiz originally from Niagara Falls, ON but she has been training for years with Din Thomas in Florida. She earned her BJJ black belt this week. Her striking is subpar. Poliana started out at Strawweight but she has now moved up Flyweight. She's 3-1 in the UFC but all three fighters that she beat have been released. She is primarily a striker who needs to improve her takedown defense and ground game. Poliana said in an interview that she has been working with WMMA pioneer Ana Michelle Taveras at Nova Uniao. Poliana has a significant size advantage. What she needs to do is keep the fight standing. She is able to do this in round one because Gillian doesn't use striking to set up her takedowns. She finally does get a takedown at the end of the round but I scored the round 10-9 for Poliana. In round two, Gillian catches a kick to get a takedown and she controls rounds two and three on the ground. She couldn't get a submission or a finish with ground and pound. I scored the fight 29-28 for Gillian. Afterwards she called out Antonina Shevchenko. I still think Gillian will have problems with the better fighters in the division until she improves her striking significantly. Enjoy the video!
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