AMC Fight Nights welterweight champion Dmitry Bikrev, in a conversation with , proposed hosting a UFC bantamweight grand prix, where Petr Yan and Sean O’Malley, as well as Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov will meet in the semi-final.
On Saturday in Macau, Russian Petr Yan defeated Brazilian Deiveson Figueredo by unanimous decision (all judges scored 50-45 after five rounds) in the main event of the UFC tournament. Yan is a former bantamweight belt holder and Figueredo is a former flyweight belt holder. Yang lost to Dvalishvili and O’Malley.
— I am very happy with Petr Yan’s victory. It’s very cool to defeat a difficult opponent. I received aesthetic pleasure from Petit’s technique, from the way he conducted the fight, the way he controlled the movement. Everything is very competent and cool. The battle plan was visible. Everything is great. I really liked it. Yes, at first he missed a shot, but it immediately became clear that Figueredo would not be able to develop it.
Now in the bantamweight division there is an interesting situation… There is Sean O’Malley, Umar Nurmagomedov, Merab Dvalishvili, Petr Yan. Here are the four. Personally, I would put Umar with Merab and Peter with Sean. And then I would gather the winners. But, naturally, I don’t know what the plans of the UFC management are,” Bikrev told .
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