Yair Rodriguez and Brian Ortega sq. off within the rematch at UFC Struggle Night time: Moreno vs Royval. The featherweight bout serves because the co-main occasion. The battle card airs stay from Enviornment CDMX in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico on Sunday, February 25 (AEDT). The competition options former interim 145-pound champion, representing the country-host, up in opposition to former two-time title challenger of the U.S.
The pair first met in July 2022 in the primary occasion of UFC Struggle Night time in Elmont, New York. Rodriguez took the victory by way of first-round TKO, after Ortega suffered a shoulder damage and was unable to proceed. The total battle video of that bout hit the stream at the moment.
In his earlier outing final July, Yair Rodriguez (19-4, 1 NC) was stopped within the third spherical by the then defending featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. Brian Ortega (15-3, 1 NC) hasn’t stepped contained in the Octagon since their first battle with Rodriguez.