Number four in the bantamweight division rankings Pierre Yan in an interview with , he spoke of five American visa refusals to his coach Kairat Nurmaganbetov.
Petr Yang, 31, will fight at the UFC 299 tournament against Chinese fighter Sun Yadong. Currently, Yang is on a three-game losing streak, one of the reasons for which is believed to be the lack of a permanent head coach for the fighter. On several occasions, the former UFC champion prepared and participated in fights with training partners Denis Lavrentiev and Ilyas Khamzin, coaches John Hutchinson, Kairat Nurmaganbetov and Artem Levin, manager Sayat Abdrakhmanov and other members of his team.
— Judging by social media, your coach Kairat Nurmaganbetov is already setting a record for the number of American visa refusals.
— Kairat is already at 0:5. Now he flew twice during training and nothing happened. I tried to get it in Jakarta and Serbia. 100%, if he had a visa, he would be there. I really like his approach, his balanced actions, his vision of the situation, his vision of the battlefield, his ability to give a clear answer at the right time in the right situation. The good news is that Ilyas Khamzin received a visa yesterday.
— That is, he will fly and be in the corner (Khamzin is an active MMA fighter, spoke with Yan before turning professional and was a corner in the title fight with José Aldo. — “”)?
— He submitted documents to Kazakhstan and is now waiting for his passport. As soon as he gets his passport back, he will try to take the plane. Perhaps there will still be time, but it is not known how long it will take for the passport to be returned there – a day, two, three.
— What is your distribution of seconds at the moment?
“Lyokha, my friend Nikita Mikhailov (a fighter from Fedor Emelianenko’s team. – ), Artyom Levin also came with us and helps us,” Ian told .
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