russian fighter petr yan in an interview with , he explained why he prepared for the duel with American Sean O’Malley without the help of coach Kairat Nurmaganbetov.
The fight between Jan and O’Malley will take place on October 22 in Abu Dhabi on the UFC 280 tournament card. With Nurmaganbetov, the Russian was preparing for his previous fights. In April 2022, Yang lost to American Aljamain Sterling via split decision for the UFC bantamweight belt.
“Who will be the third person in your corner?”
– The third will be kickboxer Tolya Moiseev. So it is necessary.
– You updated the coaching staff again – Kairat Nurmaganbetov and Andrey Oktyabrinsky were not in training.
– Temporary changes. We are in contact with everyone, we communicate with everyone. But that’s how I decided.
– So you don’t want to publicly display any existing disagreements?
– There is no disagreement. Ilyas (Khamzin) was preparing for the fight, and Kairat helped Ilyas prepare, and at that time I flew to Thailand, where I stayed for about 4-5 weeks. Again, we have no disagreement. Everything is fine with us.
– We continue the subject of your coaches. In September, with Anatoly Malykhin, you gave a car to John Hutchinson. Throughout your career, you have trained with many specialists, but you have decided to offer such a gift to the manager of the Thai room Tiger Muay Thai…
– And who has worked with me more than Joniboy? Last name? So we felt it was necessary. The man does the job, deserves it.
Ian is 29 years old and is ranked number one in the UFC bantamweight rankings. During his career, the fighter spent 19 fights, won 16 times and lost three times. He is a former UFC bantamweight champion. O’Malley, 27 (not included in the top ten) in MMA has had 16 fights, won 15 times and lost once.
Source : MatchTV
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