

The prelims will begin at 6pm GMT, with the main. Yair Rodriguez (ic) +290, featherweight title Brandon Moreno (c) -205 vs.
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The event will be hosted at the UFC’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. Max Holloway 3 full fight video highlights By MMA Fighting Newswire Jul 3. Reneau has her sights set on adding another former UFC champion to her resume and defending her spot in the rankings. UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Rodriguez will take place on Saturday 13 November. Tate steps into the Octagon for the first time in almost five years and aims to prove that she is still among the elite of the division. The new co-main event will see the return of former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate as she battles fellow veteran and No. Moises looks to make a statement by securing the biggest win of his career and break into the top 10.Ĭatch All The Action With Your ESPN+ Subscription Makhachev intends to make the most of his first main event by delivering another dominant performance and declaring himself as the next top contender for the belt. Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs.Moving up as the new five-round main event will be the top 15 lightweight clash between No. In another fight of the year contender, former champion Max Holloway outpointed a game Yair Rodriguez en route to a hard-fought unanimous decision win at UFC Vegas 42.After going five rounds.With the change, the UFC on ESPN 26 lineup now includes: But now his long-awaited return is on hold again.


On his recovery, he was booked for the Holloway fight. He was scheduled to return in August 2020 against Zabit Magomedsharipov, but an ankle injury took him out of the fight. Rodriguez hasn’t fought since an October 2019 win over Jeremy Stephens. Rodriguez (15-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) was unable to unify the featherweight titles Saturday and was handed a third-round TKO loss by Alexander Volkanovski (26-2 MMA, 13-1 UFC) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Yair Rodriguez By CBS Sports Staff at 2:16 pm ET 4 min read USATSI Yair Rodriguez knows his. But he bounced back in January with a dominant decision win over Calvin Kattar at UFC on ABC 1 to put himself back in the title conversation. Yair Rodriguez’s spirit is not broken after suffering the most high-profile loss of his carer at UFC 290. SportsLine's Andrew Gombas locked in his MMA picks for Max Holloway vs. He lost a split decision to him in a July 2020 rematch, giving him losses in three of four fights. In this excerpt from Part 2 of UFC Destined, Max Holloway reflects on his five-round battle against Yair Rodriguez at the UFC Apex.Watch UFC Destined on ESPN. Holloway lost the featherweight title in December 2019 to current champ Alexander Volkanovski. It is not yet known if that bout will become the main event. Yair Rodriguez 50,000 bonus to each fighter Performance of the Night. The event is set to feature the return from retirement of former UFC women’s bantamweight champ Miesha Tate against Marion Reneau. While a location and venue haven’t been announced, the card most likely will take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Rodriguez was set to headline UFC on ESPN 26 on July 17. News of Holloway’s injury first was reported by UFC broadcast partner ESPN through ESPN Deportes. 1 ranked contender Max Holloway battles No. The highly anticipated showdown between former featherweight champion Max Holloway and Yair Rodriguez is on hold.Īn injury has pushed Holloway (22-6 MMA, 18-6 UFC) out of the UFC on ESPN 26 main event next month and the fight with Rodriguez (13-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) will be moved to a later date. UFC returns to UFC APEX with a featherweight contenders’ bout guaranteed to deliver fireworks, as No.
