Thoughts video games fail?
High 15-ranked ladies’s Strawweight, Gillian Robertson, secured her third straight win at UFC Vegas 100 final night time (Sat., Nov. 9, 2024), defeating Luana Pinheiro through unanimous determination from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
There was a bit little bit of dangerous blood between the pair of Strawweights main into the 115-pound struggle as a result of Pinheiro determined to put on Robertson’s trademark pink Venum struggle equipment as a substitute of her regular Brazilian-inspired struggle equipment (yellow).
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Robertson wasn’t completely happy.
“I feel [she stole the color] on objective,” Robertson instructed MMAMania.com. “So, she’s worn pink as soon as earlier than, however UFC texted me and mentioned, ‘She’s sporting pink, so it’s important to select between black or white.’
“I used to be like, ‘I did not know Brazil may put on pink,’“ Robertson continued. “And she or he mentioned, ‘Oh, no, they’ll, she’s representing one other nation, so she will put on the pink shorts.’ So, that is why I posted on Instagram that I made a decision to put on black as a result of it is Luana’s funeral.”
In case you’re questioning concerning the struggle equipment coloration and choice course of, “Savage” additionally defined that.
“She’s ranked above me, so she had the primary alternative, sadly,” Robertson mentioned. “They made a degree to me too that at some point I will need to struggle Weili Zhang for the pink, so I received to get used to it now.”
Pinheiro wore pink two fights in the past as a result of fellow higher-ranked Brazilian, Amanda Ribas, selected yellow.
Robertson did not consider using reverse psychology on Pinheiro by sporting the Brazilian’s trademark yellow shorts. As an alternative, she virtually selected white shorts in order that they might be “coated in blood” to make them pink.
Pinheiro has now misplaced three straight fights, and UFC Vegas 100 may have been her “funeral” as a result of she could also be launched subsequent week.
Eat what you kill.
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