ASA fighter Vener Galiev told he believes the Russian Petra Jana favorite in the fight with the Brazilian Deiveson Figueredo.
The bantamweight fight will headline the UFC tournament, which takes place on November 23 in Macau. Yang is a former UFC bantamweight champion, Figueredo is a former flyweight belt holder. Yan is ranked third in the UFC bantamweight rankings, the Brazilian is fifth.
— I consider Peter’s favorite. The fight always starts in a standing position, and Peter is much more dangerous in a standing position. He hits more, his actions are more varied, he is bigger. I think from a standing position Yan will start to break his opponent somewhere in the second round. Figueredo will try to take the fight to the ground. But it seems to me that he is not very good at translation. And Peter has very good takedown defense. At the same time, Peter will know how to translate, but he will have to be more careful on the ground: Figueredo is a basic grappler. Yes, working on the ground in grappling and MMA is different… It is possible that in later rounds Peter will transfer him himself and then shoot him. I don’t know if there is a quick victory by knockout, after all, Figueredo has a strong head, but a TKO (technical knockout) is quite possible – then Peter can score him on the ground,” Galiev said, 49 years old, at .
Yan is 31 years old, during his career he won 17 victories and suffered five defeats in MMA. Statistics for Figueredo, 36 years old: 24 victories, three defeats and one draw.
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