Yair Rodriguez has expressed his dislike for new featherweight champion Ilia Topria.
Rodriguez, who failed to win the interim title against Alexander Volkanovskiy in July, shares the same goal as Topuria, who won the title. When questioned about his performance against Volkanovskiy, he seemed bitter during Wednesday’s UFC Mexico City media event.
“He did it,” Rodriguez said. “He said he would do it and he did it. There’s not much to say about that.
“I want to mess him up,” he continued. “I don’t want to fight him, I want to mess him up. There’s a big difference there. Just to make that clear. Wherever I meet him, I’m gonna mess him up. This crap. The guy is crap. I’m not crap like him.”
Yair Rodriguez believes he will get Topuria’s first title challenger in co-main event of UFC Mexico City
Rodriguez will be featured in the co-main event this Saturday night as the UFC returns to Mexico City for a match that could determine Topuria’s first championship challenger. “El Pantera” will go head-to-head against fellow contender Brian Ortega in a rematch of their July 2022 bout. Rodriguez secured a victory in the match with a first round TKO after “T-City” sustained a shoulder injury.
Rodriguez anticipates that the winner between him and Ortega will likely move forward to face Topuria later this year.
“I think that’s what’s next for us. Whoever wins, the title is next,” Rodriguez said. “Crap, yeah. [I’ll go to Spain vs. Topuria]. I’ll fight him in his backyard if he wants. ”
Yair Rodriguez enters the game with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses. octagon There will be one no contest. He has three wins in his last fights, including an interim title win over Josh Emmett at UFC 284, with two losses coming against Volkanovski and former featherweight champion Max “Blessed” Holloway .
