Yair Rodriguez gave Patricio Pitbull a tough welcome to the UFC.
The former UFC interim featherweight champion outworked and ultimately overwhelmed the longtime Bellator stalwart on Saturday at UFC 314, giving Rodriguez (20-5, 1 NC) a unanimous decision win and spoiling Pitbull's much-anticipated Octagon debut at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.
In the end, all three judges scored it a clean sweep for Rodriguez, 30-27.
Afterward, Rodriguez called to fight the winner of UFC 314's main event, which features Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes battling for the vacant UFC featherweight title.
"I knew he was going to be tough," Rodriguez said post-fight of Pitbull.