Kevin Holland wants rematches with Rodriguez, Malott after UFC 327

Kevin Holland wants rematches with Rodriguez, Malott after UFC 327

MIAMI – Kevin Holland met the media Saturday after his win over Randy Brown at UFC 327.

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 Kaseya Center in Miami.

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.

Rodriguez recently posted on social media that he had been released from a Mexican prison he had been in for months. Malott headlines UFC Fight Night 273 this Saturday in Winnipeg against Gilbert Burns.

"I need my rematches. I need D-Rod … and I need Mike Malott," Holland said at his post-fight news conference. "If he gets past Gilbert Burns, then I'd like to fight Mike Malott. If he doesn't get past Gilbert Burns, then somebody shoot him in the nuts and give me Gilbert Burns."

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's had five separate two-fight skids and three separate two-fight winning streaks.

In with those skids, though, have been some elite names at welterweight, including current middleweight champ Khamzat Chimaev, former welterweight champ Jack Della Maddalena, and former 185-pound titleholder Reinier de Ridder.

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.

Check out Holland's post-fight interview in the video above.

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Kevin Holland wants rematches with Rodriguez, Malott after UFC 327