“There’s a handful of bantamweights that even since I was an amateur, you would see these guys, watch their fights, and you just get this feeling that this fight is bound to happen somewhere down the line, and Christian Rodriguez is one of them,” Saaiman said. “There are a few other bantamweights that I know within my heart we will face each other one day, but I’m glad he recovered from his injuries. That was one of the fights that I thought if it doesn’t happen now, it’s going to happen in a few years from now and I’m glad it’s happening now.”
Last time out, Rodriguez faced 18-year-old Raul Rosas Jr. at UFC 287 in Miami. Saaiman had his eyes on that fight and had a prediction before the fight even started.
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“The moment that fight got announced, I told everyone, that’s a bad fight for Rosas,” Saaiman said. “This is stylistically not a good fight for him and in the fight, I got proven right. I wasn’t surprised at the performance at all. I actually thought that Rodriguez was going to win, and I’m happy he did because that makes this fight just so much bigger. He went out there again, showed that composure, that type of patience he needed to, and showed durability in that fight, as well. My gas tank is one of my biggest weapons and I’m looking to test that come fight night.”
