russian fighter petr yan went to a duel with a Georgian Merabom Dvalishvili with two injuries, Azerbaijani mixed martial arts fighter Rafael Fiziev told .
On March 11, Ian lost to Dvalishvili via five-round unanimous decision in the main event bout of the UFC tournament in Las Vegas.
Fiziev trains with the Russian at the Tiger Muay Thai Gym in Phuket and will face Justin Gaethje on March 18 at UFC 286.
– Petya suffered two serious injuries during training. The leg was injured, I don’t want to talk about the second one. If he wants, he will say so. We won’t talk about it, because then everyone will say that we are making excuses. Came out – fought. It might even be better to refuse the fight. But he decided to organize a holiday for everyone, to put on a show,” Fiziev told .
The loss was the third straight loss in the former UFC bantamweight champion’s career. Yan’s stats in MMA are currently 16-5.
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Source : MatchTV
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