Video: Stunning! Mexican artists creatively customize UFC belt for Yair Rodriguez

The UFC belt got a major makeover, and it’s looking slick.

Mexican artists from Oaxaca, Jacobo and Maria Angeles, customized a replica UFC title for interim featherweight champion Yair Rodriguez ahead of his return to the cage Saturday.

You can check out the stunning belt in the pictures and videos below:

Here’s a close up video: pic.twitter.com/NYpW1atOA9

— Danny Segura (@dannyseguratv) July 3, 2023

“El Pantera” fights in the main event of UFC 290 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. He takes on UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski in a title unification bout.

Rodriguez (16-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) won the interim featherweight title in February and secured a shot at the champion with an impressive showing against Josh Emmett at UFC 284 in Australia.

The same night, Alexander Volkanovski came up short in his attempt to become a two-division UFC champion and lost a competitive decision to lightweight champ Islam Makhachev. The fight with Rodriguez will mark Volkanovski’s (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) return to the featherweight division.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 290.