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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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