Yair Rodriguez thinks Ilia Topuria talked his way into a title opportunity. Topuria (14-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) challenges featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski (26-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC) in the UFC 298 main event Feb. 17 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Undefeated Topuria is coming off back-to-back dominant wins over Bryce Mitchell and Josh Emmett, but former interim champion Rodriguez (16-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) thinks the Spaniard’s brash confidence fast tracked him to a title shot. “He was talking so much sh*t about me, about my last fight,” Rodriguez told Middle Easy
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