ELMONT, N.Y. – For Yair Rodriguez, fighting Brian Ortega is both a good and bad thing.
Rodriguez (15-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) faces Ortega (13-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) in a featherweight matchup in Saturday’s UFC on ABC 3 main event, which takes place at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. The main card airs on ABC and streams on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+.
Taking on a fellow Mexican fighter with whom he’s friendly isn’t ideal, but Rodriguez says it was inevitable that both top contenders clashed at some point.
