LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 04: On this handout picture supplied by UFC, Petr Yan of Russia interacts with media through the UFC 259 press convention at UFC APEX on March 04, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC through Getty Pictures)
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Petr Yan sat down with members of the media and UFC devoted forward of his bout at UFC 259.
Petr Yan is about to face the most important problem of his 230+ day reign on the high of the bantamweight division. He faces off towards challenger and No. 1 ranked bantamweight Aljamain Sterling on Saturday night time as a part of the co-main occasion for UFC 259 from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas Nevada.
Listed below are the three issues we discovered from Petr Yan on the press convention.
Petr Yan’s time with American High Group has made him a greater fighter
He was unusually quiet for a lot of the press convention retaining his solutions brief and to the purpose. Till he was requested about his time with American High Group, whom he has been coaching with since January of this yr. He spoke about how he felt himself getting higher each time he would prepare with them and are available away studying one thing new and that he’s prepared to point out his expertise in his upcoming combat.
Petr Yan doesn’t dislike Aljamain Sterling
Petr was requested point-blank about his and Aljamain Sterling’s icy interactions and if he had a private difficulty with the fighter. He mentioned bluntly that he doesn’t have any difficulty with Aljamain and that he simply desires to beat his curly head.
Petr Yan retains to himself
Requested once more about an interplay he had with Sterling throughout a coaching session earlier than the occasion this week he mentioned that he wasn’t conscious that Sterling was even there. He doesn’t discover him. Even on the press convention, he wasn’t certain Aljamain was actually current. This appeared to get beneath the pores and skin of Sterling who took the mic and clarified that they locked eyes for a number of seconds earlier than going their separate methods.
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