{"id":454750,"date":"2022-08-03T07:18:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T14:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=454750"},"modified":"2022-08-03T07:18:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T14:18:13","slug":"yair-rodriguez-discloses-what-he-said-to-ufc-featherweight-champion-alex-volkanovski-during-chance-hotel-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/yair-rodriguez-discloses-what-he-said-to-ufc-featherweight-champion-alex-volkanovski-during-chance-hotel-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Yair Rodriguez discloses what he said to UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski during chance hotel encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yair Rodriguez has revealed what he said to Alexander Volkanovski when they ran into each other last week.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since his valiant display against Max Holloway and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-long-island-results-yair-rodriguez-defeats-brian-ortega-via-tko-video\/\">controversial win<\/a> over Brian Ortega, Yair Rodriguez has been discussed as a potential next opponent for UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. While &#8216;The Great&#8217; may be out with a hand injury right now, Rodriguez is hungry to welcome him back to the division when he&#8217;s fit and ready to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The Mexican star knows how close he is to earning a crack at the belt and even though the win over Ortega didn&#8217;t come how he would&#8217;ve desired, it still counts on his record.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, Rodriguez revealed during a recent interview that he actually ran into Volkanovski during UFC 277 fight week.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yair Rodriguez Shuts Down Interim Title, Only Wants Alexander Volkanovski\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kPmUS82fJcU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cActually [Friday] we ran into each other,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cI went to the UFC hotel where all the fighters are staying, and I saw him. I was like, \u2018Hey, what\u2019s up, man?\u2019 I just wanted to say what\u2019s up. I told him, \u2018How are you? How are you feeling?\u2019 He was like, \u2018I\u2019m OK, bro. My hand is broken.\u2019 I told him, \u2018You know I got the same injury after my fight against Max, so I know what you\u2019re going through. Speedy recovery. I wish you the best all the time, and I hope to see you soon.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rodriguez went on to indicate that he isn\u2019t particularly interested in an interim title fight, in contrast to what Dana White said on the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHe was like, \u2018OK, I\u2019m not against the idea,&#8217;\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cBut he didn\u2019t propose it at all. What is in my mind right now is fighting Alexander Volkanovski.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/08\/ufc-news-yair-rodriguez-alexander-volkanovski-hotel-encounter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you think we will see Alexander Volkanovski vs Yair Rodriguez for the belt later this year?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yair Rodriguez has revealed what he said to Alexander Volkanovski when they ran into each other last week. Ever since his valiant display against Max Holloway and controversial win over Brian Ortega, Yair Rodriguez has been discussed as a potential next opponent for UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. While &#8216;The Great&#8217; may be out with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":329302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[28618,39610,10302],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yair Rodriguez discloses what he said to UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski during chance hotel encounter | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC star Yair Rodriguez has revealed what he said to Alexander Volkanovski when they ran into each other last week.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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