Ahead of the upcoming UFC 290 tournament this weekend, interim featherweight champ Yair Rodriguez showed off his custom-made UFC championship belt – and it’s strikingly Mexican-themed.
Rodríguez, the interim featherweight champion, is set to headline UFC 290 this weekend during International Fight Week, taking on featherweight champion Aleksandr Volkanowski in the pair’s title unification bout at T-Mobile Arena.
First up, Yair Rodriguez won temporary spoils in February of this year in Perth, Australia, with an impressive round two win over Josh Emmett – powering the Arizona veteran to a triangle choke victory.
Yair Rodriguez received his custom title belt from his department
Set to attract New South Wales favorite Volkanowski in their title unification bout this weekend in ‘Sin City’, Yair Rodríguez showed off a new belt custom made by artist duo Jacobo and Maria Ángeles – and gifted to him by his management agency. (Erosion MMA fighting)
Furthermore, UFC President Dana White revealed that Mexico’s champion, Rodriguez, as well as flyweight gold holder, Brandon Moreno – who co-headlined UFC 290 this weekend, and flyweight queen, Alexa Grasso, are also set to receive one of them. Custom made UFC championship belts.
“There’s a guy in Mexico who does this (custom design) and wants to make (UFC) belts,” said Dana White. complicated during a recent interview prior to UFC 290. “I now have three Mexican world champions. What they want to do is, they want to customize the belts — take out the belts and paint them…the Mexican flag and everything…he has all these cool concepts for belts. And I’ll actually do that.” So these fighters will have a belt reserved for the Mexican Championship.”
Prior to his interim title win over Emmett earlier this year “Down Under,” Rodriguez defeated mutual enemy and former title challenger, Brian Ortega in a first-round TKO victory in the main event of last year’s UFC Fight Night Long Island.