I accepted to fight Ricardo Lamas, but then I later learned that he didn't take the fight with me. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I'm fine with my family before the fight. I tell everybody that I love them. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Max Holloway is a huge name out there and I'm really happy to have the opportunity to fight him. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I think Josh Emmett is right there. I have said before that he could fight for the title, I could fight for… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
You know you're going to get hit when you fight and if you don't want to get hit, you shouldn't be in… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
In an ideal scenario, I would like to face the champion, right? That's the fight everybody wants. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I used to watch Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko Cro Cop and all these guys fight back in the day. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks I'm fast, but they don't know how fast I am until they fight me. Whenever they fight me, they can… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Sometimes you get in there and the adrenaline is going and you fight a certain way and you wind up taking damage… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Max has earned all my respect, since I started fighting, before I got to the UFC. He is one of the best… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
In the 'Ultimate Fighter' house I had these relationships with my opponents, they were my friends, and after the fight, nothing happened.… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Jeremy Stephens is a fight I didn't want to take because he was behind me on the rankings. Not because of his… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
How often have you seen a fighter talking about the next fight and he didn't win the fight he was in? You… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Of course, Frankie Edgar's experience was a factor in that fight, but I have to be ready. If I'm fighting at the… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Reactionally, we'll be there and you won't forget how to fight. You get more time to prepare for yourself. It's nothing crazy… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
In the Frankie Edgar fight, my eye was completely closed. I couldn't see nothing, but I was willing to keep on going.… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I met BJ once down in Albuquerque, it was before my fight with Andre Fili. I met him there, we did a… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I'm a different kind of fighter. I can fight whatever, whoever I want. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I used to think differently. Before, it was 'Oh, I have to get the title.' That mindset is kind of gone. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I met BJ once down in Albuquerque, it was before my fight with Andre Fili. I met him there, we did a little bit… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
In the Frankie Edgar fight, my eye was completely closed. I couldn't see nothing, but I was willing to keep on going. Not everybody's… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I think during the process of growing and becoming a star, you just stop trusting a lot of people. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I know I'm still a rising star for the sport or whatever, but I know I have done a lot already. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter who it is, I'm going to respect him the same way. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
It makes sense to me that the winner between me and Frankie would face the winner of Aldo and Max. That's what I'm looking… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
You know you're going to get hit when you fight and if you don't want to get hit, you shouldn't be in this sport. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
