{"id":605776,"date":"2026-04-14T07:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/605776\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T07:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:27:18","slug":"kevin-holland-wants-rematches-with-rodriguez-malott-after-ufc-327","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/605776\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Holland wants rematches with Rodriguez, Malott after UFC 327"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI \u2013\u00a0Kevin Holland met the media Saturday after his win over Randy Brown at UFC\u00a0327.<\/p>\n<p>Holland (29-15 MMA, 16-12 UFC) outworked Brown (20-8 MMA, 14-8 UFC) for a unanimous decision sweep of the scorecards in their welterweight fight that closed out the prelims at\u00a0Kaseya Center in\u00a0Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The win got Holland back on track after back-to-back losses to Daniel Rodriguez and Mike Malott, and now Holland said he wants to run things back with each of them, even though they just fought in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez recently posted on social media that he had been released from a Mexican prison he had been in for months. Malott headlines UFC\u00a0Fight Night 273 this Saturday in Winnipeg against Gilbert Burns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I need my rematches. I need D-Rod \u2026 and I need Mike Malott,&#8221; Holland said at\u00a0his post-fight news conference. &#8220;If he gets past Gilbert Burns, then I&#8217;d like to fight Mike Malott. If he doesn&#8217;t get past Gilbert Burns, then somebody shoot him in the nuts and give me Gilbert Burns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Holland, who came out of the second season of DWCS in 2018, won eight of his first nine fights in the UFC. Since then, he&#8217;s had five separate two-fight skids and three separate two-fight winning streaks.<\/p>\n<p>In with those skids, though, have been some elite names at welterweight, including current middleweight champ <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/fighters\/khamzat-chimaev\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Khamzat Chimaev;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Khamzat Chimaev&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Khamzat Chimaev<\/a>, former welterweight champ Jack Della Maddalena, and former 185-pound titleholder Reinier de Ridder.<\/p>\n<p>After fighting five times in 2025 alone, Holland took an uncharacteristic six months off after his loss to Malott this past October. The break may have done the 32-year-old some good.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Holland&#8217;s post-fight interview in the video above.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/04\/13\/ufc-327-miami-video-kevin-holland-callout-rematches-daniel-rodriguez-mike-malott\/89588373007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kevin Holland wants rematches with Rodriguez, Malott after UFC 327;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kevin Holland wants rematches with Rodriguez, Malott after UFC 327&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Kevin Holland wants rematches with Rodriguez, Malott after UFC 327<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI \u2013\u00a0Kevin Holland met the media Saturday after his win over Randy Brown at UFC\u00a0327. 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