Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Russian fighter Petr Yan talked about fighting Irish former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor. This was reported by Sports24 With a link to the RCC Talks podcast.
“There can only be one reason for the fight with Conor; There are people ready to organize this. In terms of reality, this can happen. In general, all this was done for movement, to illuminate the event, to make some noise. We are now in contact with Conor.
I know a little bit about him, I’ve seen his last three fights. It is clear that he is a striking, collected, athletic athlete. It hits very hard,” 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, as a result of which the Irishman suffered a broken leg.
Former UFC champion Ian accepted an opponent he finds boring.