UFC 284: Yair Rodriguez vs Josh Emmett: Preview, Predictions and odds

UFC 284: Yair Rodriguez vs Josh Emmett: Yair Rodriguez’s long-awaited opportunity to win the 145-pound title will now be over as the Mexican featherweight faces Josh Emmett in a tight match for the interim championship. At the RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia, UFC 284 will take place on 12 February 2023. Let’s look at the preview, prediction, and odds for Rodriguez vs Emmett. Follow the latest UFC 284: Makhachev vs Volkanovski Updates with InsideSport.IN

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UFC 284: Yair Rodriguez vs Josh Emmett: Preview

Yair Rodriguez vs. Josh Emmett is going down for the interim featherweight championship! 🏆 #UFC284 pic.twitter.com/nnHyH8uIW0

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Yair Rodriguez, 30, enters the match with a 15-3-0 (1 NC) record. Rodriguez will compete for the first time since defeating Brian Ortega by KO/TKO at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez in July. Meanwhile, Emmett, who now has a record of 18-2-0, just defeated Calvin Kattar via S-DEC on July 16, 2022, at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett. Yair Rodriguez possesses a 71′′ reach and a traditional fighting posture. Josh Emmett, 37, is an orthodox fighter with a distance of 70″.

UFC 284: Rodriguez vs Emmett Prediction and odds

Emmett’s method is more of a walk-you-down approach, in contrast to Rodriguez’s showy manner, which can occasionally disguise what shots are coming. Emmett is the better puncher of the two and has six knockouts on his record, giving him a respectable 33% win ratio by KO, even though his past three fights ended in decisions.

Both fighters are tough, so even though I expect a fast knockdown in this match, the experience will be necessary. Emmett is probably leaving it due to aging, while Rodriguez is currently approaching his prime. Rodriguez has presently early odds of -165, making it difficult to pass up a wager before he moves up to -200.

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Main card

• Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski – Makhachev’s UFC lightweight title
• Yair Rodriguez vs Josh Emmett – UFC interim featherweight title
• Jack Della Maddalena vs Randy Brown
• Justin Tafa vs Parker Porter
• Jimmy Crute vs Alonzo Menifield

Preliminary card

• Tyson Pedro vs Modestas Bukauskas
• Joshua Culibao vs Melsik Baghdasaryan
• Shannon Ross vs Kleydson Rodrigues
• Jamie Mullarkey vs Francisco Prado

Early prelims

• Jack Jenkins vs Don Shainis
• Loma Lookboonmee vs Elise Reed
• Shane Young vs Blake Bilder
• Zubaira Tukhugov vs Elves Brenner

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