Report: Rodriguez to meet Stephens in Mexico City headliner
Yair Rodriguez will face Jeremy Stephens in the main event of UFC Fight Night Mexico City on Sept. 21, sources told ESPN's Ariel Helwani.
It'll be a homecoming of sorts for Rodriguez, who hails from Parral, Mexico.
Rodriguez last competed in November 2018, knocking out "Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung with a stunning elbow in the final second of the fifth round. He owns an 11-2 professional record, with a loss to Frankie Edgar being the featherweight's lone blemish in UFC action.
Stephens is coming off back-to-back losses and hasn't tasted victory since February 2018 when he knocked out Josh Emmett. The 33-year-old is the eighth-ranked contender in the featherweight division, one spot below Rodriguez.
theScore's Senior MMA News Editor James Lynch gave his thoughts on the matchup below. Subscribe to theScoreMMA Youtube channel here.