Outside Source
A proposed featherweight clash between Max
Holloway and Yair
Rodriguez that was supposed to take place this summer has a new
prospective date.
UFC president Dana White recently informed
TSN that the bout will likely take place on Nov. 13 at an as
yet to be announced location. The 145-pound fight, which has not
yet been finalized, is expected to headline the card.
Holloway and Rodriguez were intially slated to lock horns at UFC on
ESPN 26 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. However, Holloway suffered an
injury approximately one month out and the fight had to be
postponed.
A former featherweight champion, Holloway rebounded from
back-to-back losses against current title holder Alexander
Volkanovski in his last outing at UFC on ABC 1, where he
authored a dominant five-round verdict over Calvin
Kattar on Jan. 16. Holloway’s ledger also includes victories
over the likes of Frankie
Edgar, Brian
Ortega, Jose Aldo
(twice), Anthony
Pettis, Ricardo
Lamas, Charles
Oliveira and Cub Swanson,
to name a few.
Rodriguez has lost just once in 10 Octagon appearances. The Mexican
star hasn’t competed since UFC on ESPN 6 in October 2019, when he
outpointed Jeremy
Stephens. He also owns wins over Chan Sung
Jung, B.J. Penn,
Alex
Caceres, Andre Fili
and Dan
Hooker.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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