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 not too long ago 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 function in a foremost 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 finest, Aljamain Sterling in a debut at UFC 314 to no avail, after which claimed Rodriguez had refused to struggle him in a primary supplied fielded his route.
“Rapidly they [the UFC] requested if I’d struggle [Aljamain] Sterling in March, I stated I’m in, however he ran,” Patricio Pitbull stated throughout a current interview with MMA Preventing. “Then they supplied me Yair Rodriguez, however he didn’t reply. I messaged him in non-public. ‘What’s up, brother? The place’s your Mexican pleasure?’…he stated 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 identical to actually enthusiastic about preventing within the UFC and I feel that in all probability like the one approach that he was going to make that occur if I settle for the struggle,” Yair Rodriguez. “And each time he DMed me, I stated, yeah, man, like, positive, let’s do it. And he was identical to, , like making an attempt to get me to react to him. However, , I’m over that f*cking sh*t, , 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, ,” Yair Rodriguez defined. “He was making an attempt to, I feel, perhaps insinuate that you simply didn’t wish to struggle him, however that doesn’t appear to be the case. You had been open to it regardless. Yeah, I imply, we’re within the preventing enterprise, , and the UFC needed this struggle to occur.”
