Alexander Volkanovski vs. Yair Rodriguez staredown video from ceremonial weigh-ins | UFC 290

Alexander Volkanovski and Yair Rodriguez both made weight for their Featherweight title unification bout (results here), which is set to headline UFC 290 tomorrow night (Sat., July 8, 2023) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. As is customary, the two talented 145-pound champions came face-to-face following the ceremonial weigh-ins.

Watch them square off in the embedded video above.

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MASSIVE MIDDLEWEIGHT MATCH! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) makes its highly anticipated return to Sydney, Australia, for the first time in five years on Sat., Sept. 9, 2023, with a 185-pound world title fight inside Qudos Bank Arena. In the ESPN+-streamed pay-per-view (PPV) main event, Middleweight roost-ruler, Israel Adesanya, plans to silence No. 5-seeded contender, Sean Strickland. In UFC 293’s hard-hitting Heavyweight co-main event, No-6-ranked fan favorite, Tai Tuivasa, locks horns with towering Russian, Alexander Volkov (No. 8).

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Volkanovski is in search of his fifth title defense after (just barely) coming up short in his bid to dethrone current Lightweight champion, Islam Makhachev, in his previous bout. Furthermore, “The Great” is looking to stay undefeated in the 145-pound division after rattling off 16 straight victories overall in his professional career. As for Rodriguez, he aims to become the undisputed champion after winning the interim title earlier this year thanks to an impressive submission victory over Josh Emmett (highlights).

In UFC 290’s co-main event, Brandon Moreno will defend his Flyweight title against Alexandre Pantoja, who defeated “Assassin Baby” via rear-naked choke on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) in 2016, before defeating him a second time two years later in Santiago, Chile (watch it). In further action, Robert Whittaker will face Dricus Du Plessis in a Middleweight title eliminator bout.

Watch them face off below:

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