Petr Yan has formally hit a tough patch after his most up-to-date look at UFC Las Vegas.
As soon as a seemingly unstoppable pressure with one loss upon arrival within the UFC, Yan, 30, now finds himself determined for the style of victory. This previous weekend’s occasion headliner noticed “No Mercy” look to snap a two-fight skid in opposition to the very best good friend of his previous rival Aljamain Sterling, Merab Dvalishvili. Sadly for Yan, he was on the receiving finish of classic “Machine” trouncing because the Georgian wrestling sensation earned 50-45 scorecards throughout the board, choosing up a unanimous resolution and ninth straight victory.
Arising brief by way of cut up resolution in his unification title rematch with Sterling in April of final 12 months, Yan initially deliberate to rebound in opposition to rising star Sean O’Malley the next October. The pair of wonderful strikers placed on a Struggle of the Night time worthy present, incomes a further $50,000 a bit, however ultimately, it was O’Malley who handed Yan yet one more split-decision loss. After seeing this most up-to-date defeat of Yan’s, “Sugar” feels considerably in charge for the Russian’s continued descent.
“I genuinely in my coronary heart felt unhealthy for Petr,” O’Malley stated on the TimboSugarShow. “After, I’m like, ‘Goddamn it.’ You go from simply the scariest — Dustin Poirier saying you’re the very best boxer, you’re on the pound-for-pound record, you’re the baddest dude within the division, individuals are frightened of you … You then f****** illegally knee ‘Aljo.’ You then lose a detailed battle to ‘Aljo.’ You then get beat by me.
“I felt like he appeared a little bit totally different in there, but it surely additionally may be that’s how good Merab is. Merab might need simply made him appear to be that. I simply noticed it and I’m like, rattling, I took a little bit one thing from Petr, I really feel like.”
O’Malley’s win over Yan solidified him because the No. 1-ranked contender within the promotion’s official rankings till Dvalishvili’s win, bumping him to No. 2. Since then, the rainbow-haired knockout artist claims that UFC President Dana White has knowledgeable him that he’ll be subsequent for the winner of Sterling vs. Henry Cejudo, who face off at UFC 288 on Could 6.
Whatever the trending route of Yan’s profession, O’Malley nonetheless has loads of respect for his hardest problem thus far.
“I really feel like perhaps he simply, I don’t know. [49 takedown attempts from Dvalishvili], it’s insane,” O’Malley stated. “[Yan’s defense], additionally insane. I feel he was so — I’m gonna say embarrassed that he misplaced to me, which he shouldn’t be. I’m f****** fairly expert, however you don’t wish to lose to me. I received f****** pink hair, I’m cute, …
“He was so embarrassed that he misplaced to me that he wished that [win] again so unhealthy and the division’s booked. Rob [Font], Adrian [Yanez], like the entire division is booked out. Merab was the one one. That simply reveals you ways f****** gangster Petr is. He didn’t care, he stated, ‘I need Merab. I’ve to get this win again. I can’t be coming off a loss to ‘Sugar Sean.’’”
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Respect.
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Truthful sufficient.
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Lovely.
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Bantamweight has gotten so bizarre since Cody Garbrandt beat Dominick Cruz (which makes me much more unhappy). Realistically, you would do O’Malley vs. Dvalishvili on the identical evening as Sterling vs. Cejudo and I don’t suppose there’d be something flawed with that.
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