Exciting featherweight contenders will collide at UFC 335 in December as Steve Garcia and Yair Rodriguez are set for a three-round clash on Dec. 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Russian Dvoyechka MMA first reported the bout, which Garcia later posted about on Instagram. The UFC has yet to make an official announcement.
Garcia (19-6 MMA, 8-3 UFC) aims to bounce back from a UFC Freedom 250 loss to Diego Lopes in June. The back-and-forth battle ended with Garcia losing by second-round TKO. The defeat snapped a seven-fight winning streak.
Rodriguez (20-5 MMA, 11-4 UFC) has not competed since an April 2025 win over Patricio Freire. The victory snapped a two-fight losing skid. Rodriguez was booked to fight Jean Silva in September but withdrew.
The UFC
335 fight card includes:
- Champ Charles Oliveira vs. Diego Lopes – for BMF title
- Sergei Pavlovich vs. Alex Pereira
- Charles Johnson vs. Brandon Moreno
- Steve Garcia vs. Yair Rodriguez
- Quentin Pasley vs. Junior Tafa
- Chase Hooper vs. Chris Padilla
- Ronald Humphrey vs. Nikolay Veretennikov
- Roque Conceicao vs. Nilson Rojas
- Shanelle Dyer vs. Angela Hill
- Jacqueline Cavalcanti vs. Michelle Montague
- Damian Pinas vs. Baisangur Susurkaev
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 335 adds featherweight banger pitting contenders
