Yair Rodriguez Privilege

[SovereignPhantom]

Anyone else find it weird how Yair ducks his way to being released, only to pull out of more fights and go AWOL for drug testing, then gets booked vs. Max? Not only that, but dude doesn't seem to do any press to promote the fight. Is his management just Ali level or are UFC brass just desperate for more potential leverage into the Mexico market (they already have Moreno as champ)?

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

he was most hated person in UFC before J-Sterl """won""" belt against Yan. I hate them both equally

 

[MeatWagon06]

Probably has more to do with Max needing new blood to beat up. Maybe it’s punishment for Yairs antics since he’s gonna take the beating of a lifetime.

 

[Crazysibop]

Anyone else find it weird how Yair ducks his way to being released, only to pull out of more fights and go AWOL for drug testing, then gets booked vs. Max? Not only that, but dude doesn't seem to do any press to promote the fight. Is his management just Ali level or are UFC brass just desperate for more potential leverage into the Mexico market (they already have Moreno as champ)?

Max will beat the shit out of him so its all good.

 

[TheHitMan]

Probably has more to do with Max needing new blood to beat up. Maybe it’s punishment for Yairs antics since he’s gonna take the beating of a lifetime.

Word.<Lmaoo><45>

 

[KingBeef]

Don't leave out the drug cartel situation.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Well if Max smokes him, he whithers away into obscurity. But you never know with the UFC. Look at the unusual case of Ortega. He gets absolutely obliterated by Max. Takes two years off, and doesn’t drop in the rankings at all. He beats KZ only to get another TS. Just to get blasted again.

None of it made sense to me. I guess a top 5ish win gets him a third TS?? Who knows these days?

 

[capnlarge]

I think the UFC books Yair strong because he has an exciting fighting style and a good resume.

 

[Garnet_StrongerThanYou]

Don't leave out the drug cartel situation.

What? Tell me more.

 

[Fatback96]

On Nov. 18, Yair will have 1 win in 3 years and is somehow still ranked #3 at FW.

 

[NGute87]

Why release him, when max can humiliate him first instead?

 

[textwarrior]

Anyone else find it weird how Yair ducks his way to being released, only to pull out of more fights and go AWOL for drug testing, then gets booked vs. Max? Not only that, but dude doesn't seem to do any press to promote the fight. Is his management just Ali level or are UFC brass just desperate for more potential leverage into the Mexico market (they already have Moreno as champ)?

Well, I like his fights which is what matters most.

 

[HatKick]

Max no longer has the belt and has become the boogy man of the division. Fighting him is like being sacrificed to Khamzat or Ciryl Gane. Good fucking luck!

If anything UFC are trying to get Max back to a TS. He is still the most popular FW by far

 

[TRUS8888]

UFC wants Mexican stars just like they want Asian stars.

It's just business unfortunately.

 

[SovereignPhantom]

Why do Mexican fighters trigger you

Who said that? I love Moreno and I hope he kicks Figgy out of 125 in their undeserved 3rd fight. Yair is a drama queen and a jerk (see first Stephens fight) and I'm just wondering why he's getting such a push right now after a long inactive period.

 

[Tornikidou]

There's no privilege in fighting Max.

He gonna end like Kattar and Ortega.

 

[Paladin]

Don't leave out the drug cartel situation.

Ellaborate

 

[KingBeef]

What? Tell me more.

Remember when Yair was suspended by USADA about a year or so ago? It wasn't a failed test, but a whereabouts violation. They tried to contact him on multiple occasions, but he wasn't turning up anywhere and Dana got all smug about it. The assumption was there was some cartel happenings and such. Not sure how valid it was, but that was the narrative being painted.

 

[burningspear]

He did have that thriller vs KZ, entertain the emperor, get retained.

 

[Rorschachxx]

The word "deserve" is always weird to throw around in MMA but Yair ducked Zabit more than once (to the point of being released), pulled out of multiple fights with him, got suspended by USADA, last person he beat was Stephens coming off two losses, hasn't fought in 2 years and is somehow rewarded with a fight against the no.1 contender. All that while they threw Zabit out of the rankings too (who fought more recently than Yair).