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The main event of UFC Fight Night 103 brought UFC Hall of Fame legend BJ Penn<\/a> back into the Octagon to take on the 24-year-old rising UFC star<\/a> Yair Rodriguez.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t the outcome that Penn and his fans were looking for as Rodriguez was able to pick up a second round TKO stoppage over the former two-division UFC champion.<\/p>\n

\"Yair<\/a><\/p>\n

Rodriguez spoke with the media following the biggest win of his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was ready to die to win tonight, and thanks God, I won against a legend, B.J. Penn,\u201d Rodriguez said (transcribed by MMA Fighting<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cI talked to him after the fight and he said, \u2018hey man, no disrespect, this is part of the game. I just said all that stuff because it\u2019s part of the strategy, no disrespect.\u2019 I told him, hey man, listen, I know it\u2019s part of the strategy. We all do the same thing in different way, so I\u2019m not mad at you, he\u2019s not mad at me. I respect him even more right now, now that I\u2019ve fought him. I know he\u2019s a legend. He\u2019s a powerful guy, and I\u2019m pretty happy to have the victory tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Yair<\/a><\/p>\n

Regarding the stoppage that came in the second round, Rodriguez felt that referee “Big” John McCarthy called it off at the right time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think [it was a late stoppage], and less with a guy like B.J.,\u201d said Rodriguez. \u201cHe\u2019s a legend. When I started punching him on the ground, he was moving. I saw him moving. So I was actually being careful of him throwing up an [upkick] or grabbing me with a submission. I moved and I started hitting him again, and whenever I saw the referee stopping the fight, it was just an amazing moment. But I don\u2019t think they should\u2019ve stopped the fight before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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