A biography for Yair Rodriguezhasn’t been written yet.
“I think Frankie Edgar has the potential for me to knock him out because the way that he moves and he's short.”
“I love motocross; everything that has to do with ATVs. Also hiking or running. I love swimming.”
“This is just sport for me, nothing more than that.”
“You have to prepare yourself for everyone, and I am prepared for anything.”
“It doesn't matter who it is, I'm going to respect him the same way.”
“I've been winning and losing all my life.”
“I've shared it with my coaches and my training partners, and I always tell them, 'Don't you dare touch my face. If you hit me, I'm going to hit you.' That's how injuries start.”
“Everybody thinks I'm fast, but they don't know how fast I am until they fight me. Whenever they fight me, they can never find me.”
“If you have a problem with me, then we'll have a problem. But if not, I don't have problems.”
“Everybody loses.”
“We're out there exposed and vulnerable to the world, but this sport, I'm telling you, man, there's nothing like it.”
“There's a lot of things that need to happen in order for me to get to the title shot.”
“I like to fight short guys because my range helps me out a lot.”
“I like flashy techniques like jumping, aerial techniques. But I also like submissions.”
“I used to watch Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko Cro Cop and all these guys fight back in the day.”
“I've been in contact sports since I was 5 years old.”
“I was born a fighter, I'll be a fighter, and I'm a champion and I know I'm a champion already.”
“I give my all to this career and to this life and I've sacrificed a lot of things that a lot of people aren't willing to do.”
“Jeremy Stephens is a fight I didn't want to take because he was behind me on the rankings. Not because of his toughness or whatever.”
“I train hard, I work every single day, my coaches help me out, my people, thank you for everything.”