Chinese mixed martial arts fighter Song Yadong challenged Russian Petru Jan after defeating American Chris Gutierrez in the main event of UFC Fight Night 233.
The fight in the bantamweight category took place on Saturday in Las Vegas (USA), the judges, based on the results of five rounds, gave victory to Yadong by unanimous decision – 50-44, 50-45, 50 -45.
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“I really wanted to fight in China. This is my home and I haven’t fought there in four years. I put on a show. Thanks to Chris for accepting the fight. Besides him, no one in the top 15 of the UFC bantamweight rankings wanted to fight me. I won and I’m aiming for the belt.
Peter, sign the contract! Tomorrow I will return to training. I know you want to fight in March. Okay, let’s go in March.
I apologize to the Chinese fans for not eliminating Gutierrez. This guy has good distance control. Next time I will definitely improve and learn a lot from this fight.
— Petr Yan responded to your challenge with a gaping emoji even before your victory over Gutierrez. What do you say to that?
“Actually, you lost your last fight.” You looked like shit! Very soon, in the next fight, I will knock you out. Let’s frame! Do you think you are good at boxing? Let’s go! Let’s see who has the heaviest hands in the division! Yadong said after the fight.
For 26-year-old Yadong, seventh in the UFC rankings, this victory was the 21st in his career with seven defeats, one of his fights was declared invalid and another fight ended in a draw. Ian, 30,’s professional record is 17 wins and five losses. In his last fight in March 2023, he lost to Georgian Merab Dvalishvili by unanimous decision.
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