PERTH, Australia – If Alexander Volkanovski never comes back to 145 pounds, Yair Rodriguez will consider himself a champion with a UFC 284 win.
Rodriguez (14-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) faces Josh Emmett (18-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) for the interim featherweight title in Saturday’s co-main event at RAC Arena. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
With reigning featherweight champion Volkanovski challenging lightweight champ Islam Makhachev in the night’s headliner, there’s a possibility he doesn’t come back to his original weight class with a win. So if he doesn’t, Rodriguez can’t see why he wouldn’t be considered the real champion.
