Camp Update: Rodriguez stardom growing at Valle’s VFS

Mike Valle knows the fight game and he knows talent. So when Yair Rodriguez walked through the door at Jackson’s MMA in Albuquerque, he immediately knew the kid from Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico was special.More than three years, an Ultimate Fighter…

Mike Valle knows the fight game and he knows talent. So when Yair Rodriguez walked through the door at Jackson’s MMA in Albuquerque, he immediately knew the kid from Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico was special.More than three years, an Ultimate Fighter title and six UFC wins later, nothing has changed in the eyes of Valle, who will be in the corner when Rodriguez faces Frankie Edgar in a highly-anticipated UFC 211 bout this Saturday.“He’s a very unique person, very mature,” Valle said of the 24-year-old featherweight contender. “When we were in Jackson’s, I had … Read the Full Article Here