[autotag]Yair Rodriguez[/autotag] has a piece of gold now in his possession after claiming the interim featherweight belt against [autotag]Josh Emmett[/autotag] in the UFC 284 co-headliner.
With champ Alexander Volkanovski taking a stop at lightweight, Rodriguez (15-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) took advantage of the situation and secured a second-round submission win over Emmett (18-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) in Saturday’s clash at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.
Check below for the top Twitter reactions to Rodriguez’s interim title triumph over Emmett at UFC 284.
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