Russian mixed martial artist (MMA) Petr Yan entered the top ten fighters of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), regardless of weight categories. The updated rating is available on the promotion website.
Yang has moved up two spots and is now in ninth place. The current UFC welterweight champion, American Kamaru Usman, heads the rating.
Yan’s next fight will be in April against American Aljamain Sterling. Initially, the fighters were supposed to meet at the UFC tournament on October 30. However, the American withdrew from the fight. He was replaced by Cary Sandhagen, whom Yan defeated by unanimous decision to win the Interim UFC Bantamweight Championship.
Yang lost the bantamweight championship belt in the spring of 2021 in a duel with Sterling. The Russian was defeated by inflicting an illegal blow on his opponent. In total, Jan has 16 wins with two defeats.
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