Tabatha Ricci vs. Gillian Robertson is one of the most interesting UFC Jacksonville preliminaries. It\u2019s a women\u2019s strawweight fight between two fighters with championship ambitions. Tabatha \u201cBaby Shark\u201d is coming to VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, boasting an 11-1 record, with her only loss happening the one time she dabbled in the flyweight division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, her opponent on Saturday, June 24, Gillian \u201cThe Savage\u201d Robertson is 12-7, but most of her losses happened in the 125lb division. Since moving down a weight class, she\u2019s fought only one fight \u2013 and won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tabatha Ricci is a well-rounded fighter with a background in several martial arts. She used to practice Muay Thai in her youth, which explains why she lands 3.27 significant strikes per minute on average. In her teens, \u201cBaby Shark\u201d practiced Brazilian jiu-jitsu in her home country of the US, as well as Judo in Japan. This explains why she makes 4.64 takedowns per fight in the UFC, which is among the highest numbers of all the fighters in the women\u2019s strawweight division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking of the lightest division in the UFC, strawweight is where she\u2019s 100%. She\u2019s got a 3-0 record in the UFC strawweight division, while her overall record in this weight class is 11-0. Actually, Ricci\u2019s only career loss thus far happened when she decided to give the flyweight division a try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It happened on her UFC debut in 2021 when we saw her lose to Manon Fiorot by TKO. Her opponent completely destroyed her, landing 84 significant strikes in eight minutes before the referee stopped the fight. That\u2019s nearly five times more strikes than Ricci landed that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n