Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos HOUSTON – After his brutal beatdown of UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn a few weeks ago, Yair Rodriguez can admit just taking the fight put him in a no-win situation. Rodriguez (10-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) battered Penn (16-11-2 MMA, 12-10-2 UFC) in the former two-division champion’s return from retirement and ultimately took a second-round TKO home with him at UFC Fight Night 103 in Phoenix. It kept him perfect in the UFC, and marching up the ladder in the featherweight division. But he still had his critics, and apparently was going to have them no matter what. “After the fight, some people thought I overreacted because I won,” Rodriguez told USA TODAY Sports today during an appearance ahead of Super Bowl LI in Houston, where UFC Fight Night 104 takes place Saturday
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