One moment, Brian Ortega was bringing the fight into his world. The next moment, Yair Rodriguez was celebrating.
was bringing the fight into his world. The next moment, Yair Rodriguez was celebrating.
“When I went to the floor, I went for the armbar, and I was trapping him really tight with his arm,” Rodriguez told reporters. “And I think in the moment he was trying to get the arm out from there, I saw him doing a face and was like, OK, something happened.” All of a sudden, Ortega flopped to his back and clutched his right shoulder as the referee waved off the bout.
UFC president Dana White, speaking to the media after the bout, said he liked the suggestion of a Rodriguez interim title fight against contender Josh Emmett. Volkanovski suffered a hand fracture in his title defense earlier this month.Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC
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