UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez (2023)

July. 08,2023

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UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodríguez was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 8, 2023, at the T-Mobile Arena facility in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A UFC Featherweight Championship unification bout between current champion Alexander Volkanovski and interim champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America featherweight winner) Yair Rodríguez headlined the event. UFC 290 PPV Main Event On ESPN+: 145 lbs.: Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski vs. Yair Rodriguez UFC 290 PPV Co-Main Event On ESPN+: 125 lbs.: Flyweight champion Brandon Moreno vs. Alexandre Pantoja UFC 290 PPV Main Card On ESPN+ (10 p.m. ET): 185 lbs.: Robert Whittaker vs. Dricus Du Plessis 155 lbs.: Dan Hooker vs. Jalin Turner 185 lbs.: Bo Nickal vs. Valentine Woodburn (Tresean Gore injured)

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Alexander Volkanovski as Self

[2022] UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie [2021] UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega [2020] UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal [2019] UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade [2018] UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2

Yair Rodríguez as Self

[2021] UFC Fight Night 197: Holloway vs. Rodríguez [2019] UFC on ESPN 6: Reyes vs. Weidman [2017] UFC 211: Miocic vs. dos Santos 2 [2016] UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux