UFC Vegas 42: Max Holloway vs Yair Rodriguez Prediction, Odds and Fight Preview
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Max Holloway vs Yair Rodriguez Prediction
The main event of the UFC Vegas 42 fight card features the fight between the former UFC Featherweight champion and number one ranked UFC Featherweight fighter, Max Holloway facing the number third-ranked UFC Featherweight fighter, Yair Rodriguez. Here is the Max Holloway vs Yair Rodriguez Prediction, Odds, and Fight Preview.
UFC Vegas 42: Max Holloway vs Yair Rodriguez Fight Preview
Max Holloway is no doubt one of the biggest names in the UFC Featherweight division. The 29-year-old Hawaiian fighter is a former UFC Featherweight champion and he already holds multiple records in UFC under his name. Holloway made his UFC debut at UFC 143 against Dustin Poirier and faced a submission loss in his very first fight.
He had few bumps at the starting of his career but after facing a loss against Conor McGregor on UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen, Holloway went on an absolute tear of the UFC Featherweight division. He put on an eleven-fight winning streak and faced Jose Aldo at UFC 212 for the Featherweight title unification fight.
Max Holloway defeated Aldo via third-round TKO and wrap the UFC gold around his waist, not only this he then once defended his title against Jose Aldo at UFC 218 before finally losing it to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 245.
Holloway faced Volkanovski in a rematch at UFC 251 and faced a controversial split decision loss. But ‘Blessed’ return inside the Octagon to face Calvin Kattar at UFC on ABC: Holloway vs Kattar and put on the most impressive of his career.
Max Holloway broke his own record for the most numbers of significant strikes landed in a fight in this one and also won the fight of the night bonus. Now with a win in this fight at UFC Vegas 42, the former champion will put a stamp on his authority for the number one contender.
Yair Rodriguez on the other hand is also one of the most prominent names in the UFC Featherweight division. Rodriguez is ranked number 3rd in the UFC Featherweight division rankings and he made his UFC debut Leonardo Morales on UFC 180.
Rodriguez holds victories over some of the biggest names in the promotion such as Dan Hooker, BJ Penn, Chan Sung Jung, and many others. He holds a record of 8-1-1 in UFC with his only loss coming against Frankie Edgar on UFC 211.
Yair Rodriguez last faced Jeremy Stephens at UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs Weidman in 2019 and he has been out since then due to multiple injuries. He will be making a comeback inside the Octagon almost after two years and now he’ll look forward to securing a title shot as soon as possible.
UFC Vegas 42: Max Holloway vs Yair Rodriguez Prediction and Odds
Max Holloway is a heavy betting favorite entering into this fight with odds of -750 in his favor against Yair Rodriguez who is coming into this fight as an underdog with betting odds of +450 in his favor.
Holloway is already the number one contender for the UFC Featherweight title but he is ready to put it at stake to produce a show for the fight fans around the world and Rodriguez will look forward to utilizing this opportunity to the fullest.
Predicted Result: Max Holloway def Yair Rodriguez
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