McGregor assessed his chances in the fight with Peter Yan

Irish mixed style fighter (MMA) Conor McGregor in Twitter spoke about the possibility of a duel with the Russian Petr Yan.

The athlete did not agree with the rating according to which Yang has the best striking technique among the promotion fighters. “In the UFC, no one is even close to my boxing. I am stronger than all of them when we are talking about boxing. Jan is good, I like his style. But I would have ripped it off, ”McGregor assessed his chances.

On October 30, Ian defeated American Corey Sandhagen by unanimous decision to secure the interim UFC bantamweight belt. The Russian lost the championship title in a duel with Aljamein Sterling in March. Then Yang lost by disqualification, inflicting an illegal knee blow to the head of a lying opponent.

In July, McGregor lost to American Dustin Poirier, suffering a broken leg at the end of the first round. He later underwent successful surgery. The Irishman was the UFC light and featherweight champion.

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