Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-03-11, good mma bout: Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Dvalishvili vs Yan is scheduled to take place Saturday, March 11th, at the The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), in a 5-round bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg) bout; it is the main event of UFC Vegas 71 (also known as UFC Fight Night 221 or UFC on ESPN+ 79). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-10-22, close fight with some nice exchanges: Petr Yan vs Sean O’Malley gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
O’Malley vs Yan is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 22nd, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) in a 3-round bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Charles Oliveira vs Islam Makhachev – UFC 280. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-04-09, good performance by both fighters: the mma fight Aljamain Sterling vs Petr Yan 2 gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Yan vs Sterling 2 is valid for the UFC bantamweight title; undercard of Alexander Volkanovski vs Chan Sung Jung – UFC 273. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-10-30, great performance by both fighters: the mma fight Petr Yan vs Cory Sandhagen gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Sandhagen vs Yan is valid for the interim UFC bantamweight title; undercard of Jan Blachowicz vs Glover Teixeira – UFC 267. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-03-06, high level of technique by both fighters: the mma fight Petr Yan vs Aljamain Sterling gets three stars.
Sterling vs Yan is valid for the UFC bantamweight title and it is on the undercard of Jan Blachowicz vs Israel Adesanya – UFC 259. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-07-12, good exchanges between Petr Yan and Jose Aldo: it gets three stars.
Petr Yan entered this fight with a professional record of 14-1-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Marlon Moraes). He suffered his only loss when he faced Magomed Magomedov in 2016 (via split decision), since then he has won nine consecutive bouts taking revenge on Magomedov in 2017 and defeating John Dodson (John Dodson vs Petr Yan), Jimmie Rivera (Petr Yan vs Jimmie Rivera) and Urijah Faber in his last three (Petr Yan vs Urijah Faber).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Fw champion Jose Aldo, has an official record of 28-6-0 (64% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Alexander Volkanovski (Jose Aldo vs Alexander Volkanovski) and Marlon Moraes (Marlon Moraes vs Jose Aldo); before these fights, ‘Scarface’ Aldo had beat Renato Moicano Carneiro (Jose Aldo vs Renato Moicano Carneiro). Yan vs Aldo is valid for the vacant Ufc bantamweight title; undercard of Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal – UFC 251. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-14, good exchanges between Petr Yan and Urijah Faber: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).Petr Yan entered this fight with a professional mma record of 13-1-0 (46% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Henry Cejudo). He suffered his only loss when he faced Magomed Magomedov in 2016 (via split decision), since then he has won eight consecutive bouts taking revenge on Magomedov in 2017 and defeating John Dodson (John Dodson vs Petr Yan) and Jimmie Rivera in 2019 (Petr Yan vs Jimmie Rivera).
His opponent, the 40-year-old Ufc Hall of Fame (14 years older than Yan) Urijah Faber, has an official record of 35-10-0 (77% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts in 2016, against Dominick Cruz (Cruz vs Faber 3) and Jimmie Rivera (Faber vs Rivera), but then he has defeated Brad Pickett (Urijah Faber vs Brad Pickett) and Ricky Simon (Urijah Faber vs Ricky Simon). Yan vs Faber is on the undercard of Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington – UFC 245. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-08, some good single shots between Petr Yan and Jimmie Rivera but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.Petr Yan entered this fight with a professional record of 12-1-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 bantamweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Magomed Magomedov in 2016 (via split decision), since then he has won seven bouts taking revenge on Magomedov in 2017 and defeating John Dodson in his last one (John Dodson vs Petr Yan).
His opponent, the black belt in karate Jimmie Rivera, has a boxing record of 22-3-0 (27% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class but he lost two out of his last three fights, against current #1 Bw Marlon Moraes in June 2018 (Jimmie Rivera vs Marlon Moraes) and with Aljamain Sterling in 2019 (Jimmie Rivera vs Aljamain Sterling); between these two bouts he beat John Dodson (John Dodson vs Jimmie Rivera). Yan vs Rivera is on the undercard of Henry Cejudo vs Marlon Moraes – UFC 238. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-23, pretty good fight between John Dodson and Petr Yan: it gets three stars.The black belt in gaidojutsu and Tuf 14 Bw tournament winner John Dodson entered this fight with a pro record of 20-10-0 (55% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw). He fought twice last year beating Pedro Munhoz (John Dodson vs Pedro Munhoz) and losing to Jimmie Rivera (John Dodson vs Jimmie Rivera).
His opponent, Petr Yan, has an official mma record of 11-1-0 (55% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.15 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Magomed Magomedov in 2016 (via split decision), since then he has won six bouts defeating Teruto Ishihara, Jin Soo Son and Douglas Silva de Andrade in 2018 (Petr Yan vs Douglas Silva de Andrade). Dodson vs Yan is on the undercard of Jan Blachowicz vs Thiago Santos – UFC Fight Night 145 (UFC on ESPN+ 3). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-29, pretty good finish between Petr Yan and Douglas Silva de Andrade but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.Petr Yan entered this fight with a professional mma record of 10-1-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 bantamweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Magomed Magomedov in 2016 (via split decision), since then he has won five bouts defeating Teruto Ishihara and Jin Soo Son in 2018.
His opponent, Douglas Silva de Andrade, has a record of 25-2-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Rob Font last year but he came back to win in 2018 against Marlon Vera. Yan vs Silva de Andrade is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 – UFC 232. Watch the video and rate this fight!
