{"id":34258,"date":"2026-11-07T20:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T20:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=34258"},"modified":"2026-11-07T20:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T20:08:43","slug":"yair-rodriguez-set-to-return-at-ufc-335-according-to-likely-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=34258","title":{"rendered":"Yair Rodriguez set to return at UFC 335 according to likely opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-label\">Trending:<\/span><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border\"\/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border-2\"\/>Pros react after Alexander Volkanovski TKO\u2019s Movsar Evloev at UFC 333<span class=\"photo-credit\">Credit: Cooper Neill\/Zuffa LLC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Former interim UFC featherweight champion Yair Rodriguez\u2019s next opponent announced his return for UFC 335.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After Alexander Volkanovski\u2019s recent featherweight title defense over Movsar Evloev, many top featherweights make intriguing cases for the next title shot. Former UFC bantamweight champ Aljamain Sterling and surging contender Kevin Vallejos will battle for a potential title shot at UFC Qatar later this month.<\/p>\n<p>One forgotten name in the mix is former interim titleholder Yair Rodriguez, who hasn\u2019t fought since a decisive win over Patricio \u2018Pitbull\u2019 Friere at UFC 314. Rodriguez was scheduled to fight Jean Silva at Noche UFC earlier this year before withdrawing due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>According to his next potential opponent, Rodriguez\u2019s return is back on the docket for the final major UFC card in 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>Yair Rodriguez\u2019s return announced by UFC 335 opponent<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent <em>Instagram<\/em> post, UFC featherweight contender Steve Garcia announced his return against Rodriguez at UFC 335.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe locking in for another one before the end of the year,\u201d Garcia claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl Pantera vs. Mean Machine. This is must-see TV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, the UFC hasn\u2019t announced Rodriguez vs. Garcia for UFC 335. The card is headlined by a BMF title fight between Charles Oliveira and Diego Lopes.<\/p>\n<p>If the fight comes to fruition, Garcia will look to get back on track after a knockout loss to Lopes earlier this year at UFC Freedom 250. Before the loss to Lopes, Garcia won seven consecutive fights, including wins over Calvin Kattar and David Onama.<\/p>\n<p>After Volkanovski reclaimed the UFC featherweight title by defeating Lopes at UFC 314, Rodriguez was rumored to be Volkanovski\u2019s next opponent. Rodriguez lost to Volkanovski in their undisputed UFC featherweight title fight at UFC 290.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez vs. Garcia is expected to add to the fireworks of a stacked card at UFC 335.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What is your prediction for Yair Rodriguez vs. Steve Garcia? Share your thoughts in the comments!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1 mt-0 os-source\">This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/yair-rodriguez\/yair-rodriguez-return-ufc-335\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=yair-rodriguez-return-ufc-335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trending:Pros react after Alexander Volkanovski TKO\u2019s Movsar Evloev at UFC 333Credit: Cooper Neill\/Zuffa LLC Former interim UFC featherweight champion Yair Rodriguez\u2019s next opponent announced his return for UFC 335. After Alexander Volkanovski\u2019s recent featherweight title defense over Movsar Evloev, many top featherweights make intriguing cases for the next title shot. Former UFC bantamweight champ Aljamain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[278,521,3311,774,42,8528],"class_list":["post-34258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-opponent","tag-return","tag-rodriguez","tag-set","tag-ufc","tag-yair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}