1 year agoYair Rodriguez suffered a third-round submission loss to Brian Ortega in the co-main event of UFC Mexico City. Rodriguez was coming off a lopsided TKO loss to Alexander Volkanovski for the featherweight title. Rodriguez dominated the first round outstriking Ortega 50-to-7 and it appeared he was close to finishing the American. However, Rodriguez struggled in round two and was quickly submitted in the third round to fall to 18-5 and one No Contest in the UFC.
--Cole SheltonSource: UFC
1 year agoYair Rodriguez (18-4 and one No Contest) is set to rematch Brian Ortega in a five-round co-main event fight at UFC Mexico City on Saturday. Rodriguez scored a first-round stoppage over Ortega back in July 2022, in a fight the American suffered a shoulder injury. Rodriguez enters the rematch as the favorite as DraftKings has him at a salary of $8,500. In his UFC career, he's averaging 71.42 fantasy points per fight and has finished five of his 10 wins in the promotion. A win over Ortega could earn Rodriguez a title shot.
--Cole SheltonSource: UFC
2 years agoUnable to change his interim status to undisputed, Yair Rodriguez suffered a third-round TKO loss to champion Alexander Volkanovski in the main event of UFC 290 on Saturday. Rodriguez was only able to land 40 significant strikes (57 total strikes) while absorbing 149 total strikes in 14:19 of action. Rodriguez still has the potential to score big for fantasy managers, but he just ran into a rare-breed champion in Volkanovski.
--Matt BrickerSource: ESPN
2 years agoInterim featherweight champion Yair Rodriguez will face off with champion Alexander Volkanovski in the main event of UFC 290 on Saturday to unify his titles and be declared the undisputed king of the division. Rodriguez earned the interim title against Josh Emmett in February after Volkanovski took time away from the division to challenge for the lightweight championship. DraftKings sees Rodriguez as a huge underdog with a salary of $7,000. He also averages 75.4 fantasy points per contest. A dangerous striker, Rodriguez will look to try and end this one early. The decision will probably not go his way if he goes all five rounds with a fighter like Volkanovski.
--Matt BrickerSource: UFC
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