2025 was a comeback year for Yair Rodriguez as he broke his two-fight losing streak with an impressive win over Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire at UFC 314. After that victory, talks of ‘El Pantera’ facing Alexander Volkanovski in a rematch also started making rounds in the UFC world. Overall, the year was looking bright for the Mexican star. However, an unfortunate hand injury in his last fight has ruled him out for the rest of the year. And now, things have gotten really bad.

After defeating ‘Pitbull’ in Miami, ESPN Deportes reported that Rodriguez has undergone hand surgery, putting a big question mark over his return this year. Things took a turn for the worse when the former title challenger initially avoided surgery to stay available for the rumored rematch against Volkanovski at the U

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