Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Petr Yan shared his impressions of meeting Irishman Conor McGregor at a boxing tournament in Dubai. “Sports Express”.
“Impressions of Conor? A normal, positive, interesting person. “We talked about sports, a little bit about personal things, a little bit about the ongoing tournament,” Yang said.
At the end of September 2023, the Russian fighter announced that he had surgery. Yang has lost his last three fights. In March, Georgian Dvalishvili defeated the Russian by unanimous decision. On October 22, 2022, American Sean O’Malley defeated Petr Yan by split decision in their bantamweight fight at UFC-280 in Abu Dhabi. In April 2022, the Russian lost to Aljamain Sterling in the UFC-273 tournament. This meeting was vindictive in nature.
35-year-old McGregor’s last fight was against American Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. The meeting ended in the first round, during the fight the Irishman’s leg was broken.
Previously Ian named McGregor is the best boxer in UFC history.