Yair Rodriguez defeated Josh Emmett to become Interim UFC Champion
For the winner it was a very difficult meeting.
Mexico's Yair Rodriguez and USA's Josh Emmett face off in the co-main event of UFC 284 in Perth, Australia. The interim featherweight title is on the line.
Rodriguez, despite the status of the favorite, spent the first round under an opponent on the ground and barely escaped defeat.
But in the second five minutes, the Mexican turned around in all its glory, inflicting a colossal number of blows.
And when the opponents again went to the ground, Yair, in a position on his back, managed to grab the neck of his opponents with his legs and choke him - the so-called "triangle".
Emmett was forced to knock, admitting defeat. Yair Rodriguez is the new interim featherweight champion.
The owner of the belt in this weight is Alex Volkanovski, so their fight with the Mexican will be unequivocal.