Umar Nurmagomedov, the Russian fighter of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), congratulated his compatriot Peter Yan on his social networks for the victory over the Chinese Song Yadong, and also stated that he could meet Yan in the Octagon in August.
“Congratulations to Peter, a good and useful victory. August 3 – I’m against Peter or Corey Sandhagen,” Nurmagomedov wrote.
Before this fight, Yan had lost his last three fights. In March 2023, Georgian Merab 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 at UFC 273. He lost the promotion’s bantamweight title in this fight.
Yan has had 22 fights in his MMA career and won 17 of them.
Umar Nurmagomedov had 17 fights in mixed martial arts and won 17 victories. He had his last fight on March 2, defeating Kazakhstan’s Bekzat Almahan.
Previously Ian made a statement After winning UFC 299.