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A 19-6 Brazilian middleweight riding a hot streak, built long and orthodox at 34 — here's who Gregory Rodrigues is on paper and why his next bout is one to watch.
Gregory Rodrigues fights under a nickname that does most of the talking: Robocop. He carries a professional record of 19-6-0, competes at Middleweight, and reps Brazil. Right now he sits at #12 in the Middleweight rankings — firmly inside the picture, close enough to the names above him that every result matters, established enough that nobody in the division overlooks him.
Nineteen wins against six losses is the resume of a fighter who has been in real rooms against real opposition. He’s not a prospect being protected and he’s not a gatekeeper on the way down. He’s a ranked middleweight in the meat of his career, and the ranking says the sport takes him seriously.
Start with the frame. Rodrigues stands 6’3" with a 75" reach — long for the weight class, the kind of build that lets a fighter dictate distance if he wants to. He’s 34 years old, an age where a middleweight is usually at the peak overlap of physical tools and accumulated ring craft: still strong, but now backed by years of reps.
He fights from an orthodox stance. Pair that orthodox base with the height and the 75-inch span, and the picture that emerges on paper is a fighter who can operate at range with his lead side and still has the length to make life uncomfortable up close. None of this is a promise of how a given night unfolds — but it’s the physical hand he’s dealt, and it’s a good one for the division.
Here’s where Robocop’s stock is trending, and it’s trending up. Across his recent stretch he’s put together:
Four wins and a single loss in that run — and the loss came against Jared Cannonier, a name that needs no introduction near the top of the middleweight ladder. Everything around it is a win. Beating Roman Kopylov and Christian Leroy Duncan are the kind of results that keep a fighter climbing rather than treading water, and the win over Brunno Ferreira rounds out a stretch that reads like a man building momentum toward the top ten.
That’s the shape of it: one setback against elite opposition, sandwiched by wins on both sides. For a #12 middleweight, that’s exactly the momentum you want to be carrying.
His next bout isn’t announced yet — but a #12 middleweight winning four of his last five doesn’t stay quiet for long. When Robocop’s name lands on a card, it’ll be against someone with something to prove or something to protect.
That’s the one to circle. Follow Gregory Rodrigues, and when his fight gets booked, build your grid and call it — pick the winner and see if you read the Brazilian right.