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Brian Ortega’s fight against Yair Rodriguez at UFC Long Island, Saturday (16/7/2022) in New York, was stopped due to an injury incident.
JUARA.NET – The search for a featherweight king challenger ended anticlimactic after the main UFC Long Island duel was suspended due to Brian Ortega’s injury.
The series of UFC Long Island results, Saturday (16/7/2022) at UBS Arena, New York, was closed by the main event between Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez.
This is a duel between two of the UFC’s top featherweight champions.
Currently Brian Ortega is ranked 2nd and Yair Rodriguez is just below him.
The winner of this match has a good chance of advancing to the title duel against the featherweight king, Alexander Volkanovski.
Ortega’s last appearance was against Volkanovski at UFC 266 on September 25, 2021.
Having a total record of 15-2-1 no contest, Ortega has only ever lost to two champions above him in the rankings, namely Volkanovski and Max Holloway.
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On the other hand, Rodriguez carries a 13-3-1 no contest record with the last being defeated by Holloway on November 13 last.
