Gillian Robertson picked up a huge victory at the UFC Fight Night 130 event in Liverpool, England, when she choked out hometown favorite Molly McCann in the second-round.

Robertson improves her record to 5-2-0 and is undefeated when it comes to professional competition with the UFC, having earned a first-round submission in her promotional debut against Emily Whitmire last December.

Also known as “The Savage”, Robertson discussed the big win in a post-fight media scrum.

“Probably this is one of the bigger wins of my career, she was a Cage Warriors champion and she’s 7-1, great record and she’s a great opponent. So it probably is one of my biggest wins. I think she did underestimate me a little bit but it’s mostly just because of who she’s fought before, there’s a lot of girls who claim they’re grapplers but they are just not at this level.” she said.

“Always pressure coming into this, obviously anything can happen when you walk in there. But I knew my gameplan, I knew what I needed to do and I went in there and executed it.” she continued.

The 23-year-old was the youngest fighter on the entire UFC Liverpool card. At that age, a fighter is constantly improving at a rapid pace, and Robertson, who trains at the American Top Team, credits her teammates for her constant growth as a fighter.

“It’s absolutely amazing the team of girls we have at American Top Team. Champions like Amanda Nunes, Joanna Jedrzejczyk. We have about 20 girls in our team and we have one of our amateur girls, Kayla Hracho, who’s been my main training partner for this whole camp. We have an amazing team so it’s just an honor to have that as it’s hard to find that many girls in this sport.” she said.

As for what’s next, Robertson says she is up for fighting absolutely anyone who is offered to her by the UFC.

“I’m just in this for the love of the sport, I really would be open to any matchup that the UFC offer me. I just love to do this, this is what I was made for.” she said.

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UFC Fight Night 130 took place on Sunday May 27 from the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. The preliminary card featuring Robertson vs. McCann aired live on Fox Sports 1 from 11am EST.

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