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Pros react to Jeremy Stephens vs. Yair Rodriguez at UFC Boston
A key featherweight bout between perennial division contenders Jeremy Stephens and Yair Rodriguez co-headlined tonight’s UFC Boston event. The pair had squared off last month at UFC Mexico, but the bout was called off just seconds after the contest started due to an accidental eye poke that ultimately prevented Stephens from being able to continue. […]
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UFC Boston Results: Yair Rodriguez defeats Jeremy Stephens (Highlights)
A key featherweight bout between perennial division contenders Jeremy Stephens and Yair Rodriguez co-headlined tonight’s UFC Boston event. The pair squared off last month at UFC Mexico, but the bout was called off just seconds after the fight started due to an accidental eye poke that prevented Stephens from being able to continue. Prior to […]
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Yair Rodriguez reacts to Jeremy Stephens’ controversial remark
UFC featherweight contender Yair Rodriguez has responded to a controversial remark from his opponent this Friday night Jeremy Stephens. Stephens, who hasn’t won inside the Octagon since back in February 2018, recently told reporters that “I’m gonna kill this kid. If he don’t die, it don’t count” in reference to his rematch this Friday night […]
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Jeremy Stephens on Yair Rodriguez fight: ‘If he don’t die, it don’t count’
Jeremy Stephens says that his beef with fellow featherweight contender Yair Rodriguez is personal. In the co-main event of UFC Boston on Friday, Stephens and Rodriguez are running things back. The two headlined UFC Mexico City on Sept. 21 where the fight ended in just 15-seconds due to an accidental eye poke. Yair Rodriguez immediately […]
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Jeremy Stephens discusses angry UFC Mexico crowd
Jeremy Stephens became a walking target for fans at UFC Mexico after his fight against Yair Rodriguez was stopped after just 15 seconds. Stephens was unable to continue fighting in the main event after Rodriguez accidentally poked him in the eye at the start of the first round. Fans were unsurprisingly disappointed by the early […]
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Kenny Florian scolds Yair Rodriguez for post-fight actions
Yair Rodriguez has found himself in a bit of hot water after his UFC Mexico fight with Jeremy Stephens ended with an inadvertent eye-poke. The latest member of the MMA community to speak out against Rodriguez’s controversial post-fight actions is UFC analyst Kenny Florian. “I didn’t like the fact that Yair Rodriguez was kind of […]
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Brendan Schaub: I hope Jeremy Stephens beats the f**k out of Yair Rodriguez
Brendan Schaub is rooting for Jeremy Stephens in the rematch with Yair Rodriguez. On Wednesday, ESPN’s Brett Okamoto got word from UFC president Dana White that Stephens and Rodriguez will do battle in the co-main event of UFC Boston. The two will share the Octagon again on Oct. 18. Many fans expected a war between […]
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Jeremy Stephens vs Yair Rodriguez re-booked for UFC Boston co-main event
Jeremy Stephens and Yair Rodriguez will run it back after their disappointing no-contest in their first fight. According to Brett Okamoto of ESPN citing UFC President Dana White, Stephens and Rodriguez will rematch at UFC Boston on October 18 in the co-main event. Breaking: Yair Rodriguez (@panteraufc) vs. Jeremy Stephens (@LiLHeathenMMA) is being re-booked as […]
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Yair Rodriguez accuses Jeremy Stephens of ‘quitting’
Yair Rodriguez and Jeremy Stephens fought to a No Contest in the main event of this past weekend’s UFC Mexico City event. Rodriguez accidentally poked Stephens in the eye and after Stephens couldn’t open it, the doctor had to step in and stop the fight just 15 seconds in. Fans responded by throwing garbage into […]
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VIDEO | Jeremy Stephens and Yair Rodriguez nearly brawl at hotel, use anti-gay slurs
Yesterday, we heard all about a near-brawl between Yair Rodriguez and Jeremy Stephens. This confrontation was said to have occurred at the fighter hotel in Mexico City, shortly after the pair’s UFC Mexico fight ended in a No Contest due to an inadvertent eye-poke. Now, we’ve got video of the incident. See it below (via […]
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Jeremy Stephens buries Yair Rodriguez: ‘I’ve never been cut from the UFC for not taking fights’
Jeremy Stephens wants a rematch with Yair Rodriguez after their UFC Mexico showdown was derailed by an inadvertent eye poke. “Let’s run it back,” Stephens told MMA Fighting. “That’s what I was telling him. Bring it. I’m in shape, you’re in shape, we both spent money, we both lost money on this, now it’s a […]
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VIDEO | Yair Rodriguez snaps on Michael Bisping at UFC Mexico
Yair Rodriguez was visibly upset after his bout with Jeremy Stephens was ruled a no-contest, and things only got worse when Michael Bisping attempted to calm him down. ‘El Pantera’ was taking on ‘Lil Heathen’ in the highly anticipated headliner of last night’s UFC Mexico event. Unfortunately for both men, and fight fans alike, the […]
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Yair Rodriguez says he gives Jeremy Stephens “the benefit of the doubt” for eye poke
UFC featherweight contender Yair Rodriguez says he gives Jeremy Stephens “the benefit of a doubt” after an eye poked ended the UFC Mexico city main event. Rodriguez spoke to reporters following the event and was asked if he thought Stephens was legitimately injured or if he was faking it. Rodriguez said he would give his […]
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VIDEO | UFC commentator Brendan Fitzgerald hides under desk following Mexico City main event
A video has circulated of UFC commentator Brendan Fitzgerald hiding under the announcers’ desk following the main event of UFC Mexico City. The main event was declared a No Contest after just 15 seconds when Jeremy Stephens was unable to see following an accidental eye poke by Yair Rodriguez. The unfortunate ending to the card […]
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Jeremy Stephens to Yair Rodriguez: “Let’s run it back, motherf*cker”
Jeremy Stephens told Yair Rodriguez that he wants to run their fight back as soon as his eye is healed up following an eye poke at UFC Mexico City. The main event of UFC Mexico City came to a very unfortunate conclusion just 15 seconds into the fight after Rodriguez accidentally poked Stephens in the […]
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Pros react to Yair Rodriguez vs. Jeremy Stephens at UFC Mexico
A key featherweight bout between perennial contenders Yair Rodriguez and Jeremy Stephens headlined tonight’s UFC Mexico event. Yair Rodriguez was returning to action for the first time since November of 2018, where he scored a crazy last-second knockout victory over ‘The Korean Zombie’. That shocking win had improved ‘El Pantera’s’ overall record to 11-2 in […]
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UFC Mexico Results: Yair Rodriguez vs. Jeremy Stephens ends in a no-contest
A key featherweight bout between perennial contenders Yair Rodriguez and Jeremy Stephens headlines tonight’s UFC Mexico event. Yair Rodriguez was last seen in action in November of 2018, where he scored a crazy last-second knockout victory over ‘The Korean Zombie’. The shocking win improved ‘El Pantera’s’ overall record to 11-2 in mixed martial arts. Meanwhile, […]
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UFC Mexico Results and Highlights
The Octagon heads south of the border tonight for UFC Mexico, a twelve-bout fight card headlined by a featherweight bout between Jeremy Stephens and Yair Rodriguez. Yair Rodriguez was last seen in action in November of 2018, where he scored a last-second knockout victory over Chan Sung Jung. The stunning win improved ‘El Pantera’s’ overall […]
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Kenny Florian predicts Jeremy Stephens finishing Yair Rodriguez
Kenny Florian sees Jeremy Stephens getting his hand raised over Yair Rodriguez. Tomorrow night (Sept. 21), Stephens and Rodriguez will share the Octagon. The featherweight bout is set to headline UFC Mexico City. The action will be held inside Mexico City Arena. Earlier today, the weigh-ins took place and just one fighter failed to hit […]
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UFC Mexico City | Pro fighters make their picks for Yair Rodriguez vs. Jeremy Stephens
In the main event of UFC Mexico City, top-10 featherweights collide as Yair Rodriguez takes on Jeremy Stephens. Heading into the fight, the Mexican in Rodriguez is a -110 underdog while the American is the -120 favorite, meaning it is practically a pick’em fight. Ahead of the fight, BJPENN.com reached out to several pro fighters […]
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Jeremy Stephens has violent plans for Yair Rodriguez
Jeremy Stephens will look to get back into the win column when he takes Yair Rodriguez in the main event of UFC Mexico City on Saturday. Although he is going into hostile territory to fight the Mexican in Rodriguez, Stephens isn’t worried about that. Instead, he believes his experience will be too much for the […]
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Yair Rodriguez, Jeremy Stephens to collide in Mexico City
Two of the UFC featherweight division’s most exciting fighters are reportedly set to collide when the UFC returns to Mexico City on September 21. According to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, Mexico’s own Yair Rodriguez will battle knockout puncher Jeremy Stephens on the card. Yair Rodriguez vs. Jeremy Stephens is set for the Sept. 21 card in […]
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Yair Rodriguez and Brian Ortega are both slated to return at UFC Mexico
Two ranked featherweights will be fighting at UFC Mexico, but maybe not each other. Both Yair Rodriguez and Brian Ortega will fight on the card according to UFC president Dana White. “He will, Yair Rodriguez will fight in Mexico City. Yeah, he (Brian Ortega) will too,” White said at the summer press conference. Yair Rodriguez […]
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UFC rankings update: Yair Rodriguez, Germaine de Randamie surge up, retired Neil Seery appears at 125
The UFC rankings have been updated after an entertaining card last Saturday in Denver, Colorado. Following one of the best knockouts in UFC history, Yair Rodriguez jumped four spots in the featherweight division, and is now sitting at #11. His opponent “Korean Zombie” Chang Sung Jung fell two spots to #12, while Alexander Volkanovski (who is slated […]
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VIDEO | Joe Rogan reacts to Yair Rodriguez knocking out The Korean Zombie
Joe Rogan may not have been in attendance at UFC Denver, but he did get to watch Yair Rodriguez score a spectacular last-second knockout victory over The Korean Zombie. The featherweight standouts, Yair Rodriguez and Chan Sung Jung, went to war in the headliner of this weekend’s UFC Fight Night 139 event in Denver. The […]
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VIDEO | Yair Rodriguez vs. Korean Zombie full fight video highlights
https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/1061516321681068033 On Saturday night, in the main event of the UFC’s 25th anniversary show in Denver, Colorado, fan favorite featherweight contenders Yair Rodriguez and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung co-authored an instant classic. It was an absolutely wild affair that nearly lasted the full five rounds. Yet as the final seconds melted off the […]
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PHOTO | The Korean Zombie and Yair Rodriguez shake hands in hospital beds
UFC featherweight standouts The Korean Zombie and Yair Rodriguez went to war in last night’s UFC Fight Night 139 main event in Denver. Chan Sung Jung appeared to have won three of the opening four rounds which had produced twenty-minutes of heart pounding action. After four minutes and fifty seconds of action in the fifth […]
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Yair Rodriguez issues statement following his spectacular win at UFC Denver
UFC featherweight Yair Rodriguez was involved in what can only be described as “one of the greatest fights in UFC history” last night in Denver. It was only fitting that his epic five-round war with The Korean Zombie headlined the promotions 25th anniversary event. “El Pantera” and Chan Sung Jung went back and fourth for […]