KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Piera Rodriguez claims she didn’t tap out against Gillian Robertson to end their UFC on ESPN 44 bout.
In what should’ve been a glorious moment for Robertson (12-7 MMA, 9-5 UFC), who locked up an armbar in the second round of her strawweight debut to add to her record for most submission wins by any female in UFC history, Rodriguez (9-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) took some shine away by claiming she never tapped.
The replay didn’t show the most aggressive of taps from Rodriguez in the final sequence, but it looked as though she did, albeit slightly before the referee intervened in the prelim matchup at T-Mobile Center.