Fighters React To Abrupt Ending Of Brian Ortega/Yair Rodríguez

The highly anticipated UFC Long Island main event came to a halt when Brian Ortega’s shoulder popped out of its socket in Round 1. The first round between Ortega and Rodríguez was as expected; a back-and-forth affair in all facets of the fight ga…

The highly anticipated UFC Long Island main event came to a halt when Brian Ortega’s shoulder popped out of its socket in Round 1. The first round between Ortega and Rodríguez was as expected; a back-and-forth affair in all facets of the fight game. Suddenly, things came to an end after Ortega’s shoulder popped during…

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Yair Rodriguez Awarded TKO Win As Brian Ortega Dislocates Shoulder – UFC Long Island Highlights

Yair RodriguezIn a hugely anti-climatic end to tonight’s fantastic UFC Long Island card in New York — Chihuahua striker, Yair Rodriguez scores himself a TKO victory over two-time title challenger, Brian Ortega in the headlining clash, after the latter suffered a dislocated shoulder in the opening round of their main event bout. Stunning Ortega with a […]

Yair Rodriguez

In a hugely anti-climatic end to tonight’s fantastic UFC Long Island card in New York — Chihuahua striker, Yair Rodriguez scores himself a TKO victory over two-time title challenger, Brian Ortega in the headlining clash, after the latter suffered a dislocated shoulder in the opening round of their main event bout.

Stunning Ortega with a series of strikes on the feet, Rodriguez looked incredibly sharp with his striking, landing repeated straight right hands as the former marched forward in a bid to stifle the offensive approach from the #4 ranked Rodriguez.

Scrambling at the fence and battling for position, Yair Rodriguez managed to stuff an eventual takedown attempt from Ortega, forcing a standup as the two reverted vertically.

Involved in another scramble soon thereafter — this time on the deck, Ortega suffered a dislocation of his right shoulder as he appeared to attempt to setup a heel hook as Rodriguez returned to his feet, forcing a stoppage in the headlining clash in the first round.

Following the headliner, both Rodriguez and Ortega remained receptive to a rematch in the future, however, Rodriguez remained coy on his pursuit of a featherweight title fight against Alexander Volkanovski off the back of his anti-climatic win against Ortega.

Below, catch the highlights from Yair Rodriguez’s UFC Long Island win against Brian Ortega

Brian Ortega: I Gotta Take A Page Out Of Volkanovski’s Book

UFC featherweight contender Brian Ortega is planning on using the lessons he learned against Alexander Volkanovski for his bout with Yair Rodríguez and beyond. Ortega will face Rodríguez in the UFC Long Island headliner today. It is his first fight in …

UFC featherweight contender Brian Ortega is planning on using the lessons he learned against Alexander Volkanovski for his bout with Yair Rodríguez and beyond. Ortega will face Rodríguez in the UFC Long Island headliner today. It is his first fight in the Octagon since a loss to Volkanovski at UFC 266, despite coming close to…

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UFC Long Island: Ortega vs. Rodriguez – Results

UFC Long IslandLowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Long Island: Ortega vs. Rodriguez results throughout the night (Sat. July 16. 2022) live from the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York. Taking main event honors on Long Island; a high-stakes featherweight matchup between division top contenders, Brian Ortega, and Yair Rodriguez. Ortega, a two-time undisputed featherweight title challenger, returns for the […]

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LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Long Island: Ortega vs. Rodriguez results throughout the night (Sat. July 16. 2022) live from the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.

Taking main event honors on Long Island; a high-stakes featherweight matchup between division top contenders, Brian Ortega, and Yair Rodriguez.

Ortega, a two-time undisputed featherweight title challenger, returns for the first time since UFC 266 back in September of last year — headlining against division champion, Alexander Volkanovski in a unanimous decision defeat.

As for Chihuahua striker, Rodriguez, the Mexico technician suffered a unanimous decision defeat of his own back in November of last year at the UFC Apex facility — in the form of a judging defeat against former champion and common-foe, Max Holloway.

UFC Long Island: Ortega vs. Rodriguez – Results

UFC Long Island Main Card Results: (ABC/ESPN+ 9 p.m. ET)

Featherweight: Brian Ortega vs. Yair Rodriguez

Strawweight: Michelle Waterson vs. Amanda Lemos

Welterweight: Li Jingliang vs. Muslim Salikhov

Flyweight: Matt Schnell vs. Sumudaerji

Featherweight: Shane Burgos vs. Charles Jourdain

Flyweight: Lauren Murphy vs. Miesha Tate

UFC Long Island Preliminary Card Results: (ESPN/ESPN+ 6 p.m. ET)

Middleweight: Dalcha Lungiambula vs. Punahele Soriano

Bantamweight: Ricky Simon vs. Jack Shore

Featherweight: Bill Algeo vs. Herbert Burns

Light Heavyweight: Dustin Jacoby vs. Da Un Jung

Middleweight: Dwight Grant vs. Dustin Stoltzfus

Strawweight: Jessica Penne vs. Emily Ducote

Rodriguez Opens Up On Bittersweet UFC Long Island Headliner

UFC featherweight contender Yair Rodriguez has discussed how it feels to be preparing to face friend Brian Ortega in today’s crucial UFC Long Island headliner. After the lightweights took center stage at last weekend’s event in Las Vegas, i…

UFC featherweight contender Yair Rodriguez has discussed how it feels to be preparing to face friend Brian Ortega in today’s crucial UFC Long Island headliner. After the lightweights took center stage at last weekend’s event in Las Vegas, it’s the turn of the 145lbers on July’s third card, and they’ll get the chance to throw…

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Ortega Argues Why Next Title Shot Isn’t Only Open For Rodriguez

UFC featherweight contender Brian Ortega believes that Yair Rodriguez isn’t the only one capable of securing a title shot in this weekend’s headliner. On Saturday, the MMA leader heads to Long Island, New York, for a blockbuster UFC Fight N…

UFC featherweight contender Brian Ortega believes that Yair Rodriguez isn’t the only one capable of securing a title shot in this weekend’s headliner. On Saturday, the MMA leader heads to Long Island, New York, for a blockbuster UFC Fight Night card. While the likes of Jack Shore, Miesha Tate, and Shane Burgos contribute to the…

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