Max Holloway booked to face Yair Rodriguez on July 17th Main Event

Max Holloway booked to face Yair Rodriguez on July 17th Main Event

Holloway vs Rodriguez

The former UFC Featherweight champion, Max Holloway will be returning back to action to face the number 3rd ranked Featherweight fighter, Yair Rodriguez. They both will face each other in a five-round scrap on the July 17th Main Event.

Holloway opened the UFC’s Fight Night this year against Calvin Kattar and produced one of the most spectacular shows for fight fans around the world. He broke many records in this fight and registered a unanimous decision win against Kattar.

Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway landed a total number of 447 strikes in this fight and broke his own record for the most significant strikes landed. The beating Kattar took was so scary, that the UFC president Dana White feared for his life after the fight ended.

Yair Rodriguez will be returning back to action in this fight after staying out of action for almost one and half years. He fought last time against Jeremy Stephens in October 2019 and Rodriguez will be coming in this fight riding a winning streak of two fights.

Rodriguez was booked to face Zabit Magomedsharipov earlier this year but he pulled out from this fight due to an injury. Now he will get tested inside the Octagon against one of the greatest Featherweight of the UFC roster.

Max Holloway vs Yair Rodriguez will determine the number one contender for the title

Max Holloway and Yair Rodriguez
Max Holloway and Yair Rodriguez

The UFC Featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski is booked to face Brian Ortega at the end of this season of The Ultimate Fighter. Max Holloway was the number one contender to face the winner of this fight but he would have to wait until the starting of next year for this fight.

And it looks like Holloway intends to stay active that’s why he booked a fight against Rodriguez. Although this fight isn’t completely finalized until now, both of them agreed to face each other as multiple sources told ESPN.

This match will surely decide the number one contender to face the winner of Volkanovski vs Ortega and fans will be ready excited to see Holloway back in action after putting on a striking clinic against Kattar.

Also Read: “You could’ve put anybody in front of me and I would’ve had that performance,” says Max Holloway about the fight against Calvin Kattar.