It looks like Dana White’s pressure has worked.
After formerly touted featherweight future star Yair Rodriguez was unceremoniously released from the UFC for reportedly refusing to fight Zabit Magomedsharipov and Ricardo Lamas, that situation has apparently been diffused.
News came from ESPN’s Brett Okamoto this afternoon that Rodriguez has verbally agreed to fight Magomedsharipov and the bout will take place at September’s UFC 228 pay-per-view:
BREAKING: The Yair Rodriguez/UFC situation has apparently done a 180. Rodriguez vs. Zabit Magomedsharipov is now verbally agreed to for UFC 228 in September.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) June 1, 2018
The report has yet to be confirmed, and the UFC has not announced the fight as of yet. UFC 228 is expected to take place on September 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada, although details are still being awaited in that regard as well.
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