The UFC has introduced that their present scheduled for Lengthy Island, NY on July 16 can be headlined by two of the most effective featherweights on the planet: Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez.
Ortega presently sits second within the UFC featherweight rankings, behind former champ Max Holloway and reigning kingpin Alexander Volkanovski. Rodriguez is ranked fourth. With Volkanovski and Holloway set to bop for a 3rd time, additionally in July, this struggle might properly decide the subsequent challenger at 135 lbs.
Ortega has been there twice earlier than. His final struggle was a unanimous choice defeat to Volkanovski in the primary occasion of UFC 266. In 2018 he misplaced, through TKO, to Holloway for the title. His solely struggle between these losses was a lopsided choice victory over Chan Sung Jung.
Previous to shedding to Holloway, Ortega was undefeated in his profession — going 14-0 (1 NC). The UFC competitors he beat to earn his title shot included Frankie Edgar, Cub Swanson and Renato Moicano.
Rodriguez final fought in November; shedding a unanimous choice to Holloway. Previous to that he defeated Jeremy Stephens (in a make-up struggle after a no contest marred their principal occasion in Mexico Metropolis) and KO’d Chan Sung Jung with an epic final second elbow strike.
Rodriguez’s profession report is 13-3 (1 NC). His different UFC loss is to Edgar. He holds notable wins over B.J. Penn, Alex Caceres and Dan Hooker.
Along with Ortega vs. Rodriguez, UFC Lengthy Island is ready to characteristic Askar Askarov vs. Alex Perez, Michelle Waterson vs. Amanda Lemos, Ricky Simon vs. Jack Shore and Li Jingliang vs. Muslin Salikhov.
