Add Adrian Yanez’s name to the increasingly long list of potential contenders to watch at 135 pounds.
Yanez was already building plenty of buzz after scoring a pair of highlight-reel knockouts in 2020, first finishing Brady Huang in 39 seconds to snag a Contender Series contract and then following that with a spectacular first-round head kick KO of Victor Rodriguez in his UFC debut.
But Yanez made his biggest impact yet this past Saturday when he dismantled former Combate Americas champion Gustavo Lopez on the main card of UFC Vegas 22, which aired live on ESPN.