Booked to return at UFC 314, former interim champion, Yair Rodriguez has no time for incoming foe, Patricio Pitbull claimng he initially rejected the chance to struggle him at UFC Mexico Metropolis — claiming he’s “over” trash speaking with the Brazilian.
Rodriguez, a former interim featherweight titleholder and the present quantity 5 ranked contender, has been sidelined since he most just lately featured in his native Mexico again in February, struggling a rematch submission loss to former title chaser, Brian Ortega within the pair’s co-main occasion conflict.
And set to return to motion in a bid to skid a two-fight shedding run following a previous knockout loss in a title unification conflict with Alexander Volkanovski, Rodriguez is now slated to characteristic in a essential occasion conflict with former two-weight Bellator MMA champion, Pitbull in Miami.
Nonetheless, earlier this week, Pitbull claimed he was initially focused to struggle former bantamweight greatest, Aljamain Sterling in a debut at UFC 314 to no avail, after which claimed Rodriguez had refused to struggle him in a primary provided fielded his path.
“Rapidly they [the UFC] requested if I might struggle [Aljamain] Sterling in March, I mentioned I’m in, however he ran,” Patricio Pitbull mentioned throughout a current interview with MMA Preventing. “Then they provided me Yair Rodriguez, however he didn’t reply. I messaged him in non-public. ‘What’s up, brother? The place’s your Mexican satisfaction?’…he mentioned it’d be very gratifying to welcome me to the group.
Yair Rodriguez reacts to Patricio Pitbull feedback pre-UFC 314
Nonetheless, showing throughout an interview with Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned this night, Rodriguez didn’t take kindly to the Brazilian’s feedback, labelling Pitbull as much like a “mad girlfriend”.
“I feel the man (Patricio Pitbull) was similar to actually enthusiastic about preventing within the UFC and I feel that most likely like the one manner that he was going to make that occur if I settle for the struggle,” Yair Rodriguez. “And every time he DMed me, I mentioned, yeah, man, like, certain, let’s do it. And he was similar to, you recognize, like attempting to get me to react to him. However, you recognize, I’m over that f*cking sh*t, you recognize, I’m right here to struggle now. That for me is sort of a mad girlfriend motion.
“Yeah, like I don’t fall for that shit that simply, you recognize,” Yair Rodriguez defined. “He was attempting to, I feel, possibly insinuate that you simply didn’t wish to struggle him, however that doesn’t appear to be the case. You have been open to it regardless. Yeah, I imply, we’re within the preventing enterprise, you recognize, and the UFC needed this struggle to occur.”
