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Yair Rodriguez

(1992) Taekwondo Athlete

98 quotes in 301 categories

Yair Rodriguez says he wants to fight the best opponents in the world. He treats fighting as just a sport, not a big ego trip. He also shares a moment when his eye was closed in a fight, yet he kept moving forward.

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Yair Rodriguez is a taekwondo athlete.

Quick Facts About Yair Rodriguez

Born: October 6, 1992
Profession: Taekwondo Athlete

About Yair Rodriguez

Mexican mixed martial artist and Taekwondo black belt... | Yair Raziel Rodríguez Portillo is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former Interim UFC Featherweight Champion. A professional since 2011, Rodríguez has been with the UFC since 20

Quotes by Yair Rodriguez

I speak Spanish and English.

English

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Of course, I want to fight for the title.

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I want to fight the best B.J Penn.

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I'm looking to fight the best guys in the world.

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I've been winning and losing all my life.

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There is some things that you'll never heal.

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I work hard every day - like, really, really hard.

Day

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I'm the guy who, I never say much, I just act.

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I started putting myself in a bubble and it really affected me.

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My feet are swollen, and I'm always on crutches after my fights.

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I used to watch Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko Cro Cop and all these guys fight back in the day.

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If you have a problem with me, then we'll have a problem. But if not, I don't have problems.

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It doesn't matter who it is, I'm going to respect him the same way.

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In an ideal scenario, I would like to face the champion, right? That's the fight everybody wants.

Champion

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Every time I step into that cage, I show what I'm capable of.

Cage

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I like to fight short guys because my range helps me out a lot.

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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…

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I think Josh Emmett is right there. I have said before that he could fight for the title, I could fight for…

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You gotta understand this sport is so dangerous and things can happen. You gotta accept that before you go in there.

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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…

Fight

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How often have you seen a fighter talking about the next fight and he didn't win the fight he was in? You…

Business

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Of course, Frankie Edgar's experience was a factor in that fight, but I have to be ready. If I'm fighting at the…

Experience

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Jeremy Stephens is a fight I didn't want to take because he was behind me on the rankings. Not because of his…

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Many things that I do during my fights I don't really do here in my trainings because I can hurt my partners…

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I met BJ once down in Albuquerque, it was before my fight with Andre Fili. I met him there, we did a…

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If I become a champion, if I become the first Mexican UFC champion, I can become bigger because I will be the…

Champion

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People know me as a professional fighter and when you are in the UFC, you are very visible. But I'm not just…

Fighter

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I actually like that - I like taking my time off.

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They pay me to fight once I'm up in the cage.

Cage

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I never overestimate my opponents.

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People live in the past too much. They live the past.

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Everybody has their own battles to deal with.

Battles

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I've been in contact sports since I was 5 years old.

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This is just sport for me, nothing more than that.

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I want to be the next Muhammad Ali.

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If you live in the present, you are happy.

Anger

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Each fight I try to be different.

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I respect everyone out there.

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Max Holloway is one of the greatest in history.

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I try to save myself from as much impact as I can possibly have to my head.

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