{"id":399429,"date":"2021-11-13T15:50:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T23:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=399429"},"modified":"2021-11-13T21:32:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T05:32:59","slug":"pros-react-after-max-holloway-defeats-yair-rodriguez-at-ufc-vegas-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/pros-react-after-max-holloway-defeats-yair-rodriguez-at-ufc-vegas-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros react after Max Holloway defeats Yair Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 42"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s UFC Vegas 42 event was headlined by a key featherweight fight featuring former champ Max Holloway taking on Yair Rodriguez.<\/p>\n

Holloway (23-6 MMA) was returning to action for the first time since laying a beating<\/a> on Calvin Kattar back in January. That win was of course preceded by back to back losses to reinging featherweight champ Alex Volkanovski.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Yair Rodriguez (13-3 MMA) was ending a two-year hiatus at UFC Vegas 42. \u2018El Pantera\u2019 had last competed<\/a> in October of 2019, where he earned a unanimous decision victory over veteran Jeremy Stephens.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s UFC main event proved to be a thrilling five round war. Max Holloway and Yair Rodriguez got after it right off the opening bell and didn’t stop trading strikes until the horn sounded to end their twenty-five minute affair. Although ‘El Pantera’ found success by landing a plethora of heavy kicks, it was the pace and volume of punches from ‘Blessed’ that proved to be the determining factor in the decision.<\/p>\n

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Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Official UFC Vegas 42 Result: Max Holloway def. Yair Rodriguez by unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47 x2)<\/p>\n

Check out how the pros reacted to Holloway vs Rodriguez below:<\/p>\n

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I MUA @BlessedMMA<\/a><\/p>\n

— Kai Kamaka III (@kaiboikamaka) November 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n