Media Petr Yan claims Raphael Assuncao and Jimmie Rivera have turned down fights with him

[Locke]

 

[JM Barrie]

Probably because youre currently a nobody in the UFC.

 

[Megatronlee]

They also turned me down for what it’s worth

 

[Beans & Cornbread]

I want to see him vs Sterling

 

[quadrunner]

I don’t know if they are in the position to be declining fights, sure yan is a high risk/low reward fight but assuncao has had his chances and isn’t exactly a name that’s going to bring numbers and Rivera is on a downhill slide.


I would prefer yan and Rivera as I feel that’s a better fight to test his skills, assuncao is hard to beat until you are actually elite.

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

Petr why you lying.

 

[NoSmilez]

I think if he finished his last fight, he would be able to make more noise for a higher ranked opponent.

 

[CalvilloRay]

Petr is a monster. Not a smart re-bound fight for anyone in the top 10 coming off a loss. I’d like to see Cody fight him, he may be the only one meat-headed enough to accept.

 

[Congo66]

Well there's nothing in it for Assuncao and Rivera to take a fight with a fighter ranked below them and if they watched Yan beat Dodson I doubt that helped either.

 

[Linelo]

Maybe Assuncao and Rivera prefer to fight each other.

 

[brawlnsprawl]

Probably because youre currently a nobody in the UFC.

A nobody with dynamite in his hands

 

[GiSP]

The UFC is inundated with ducks. They hit rank 10 and turn into chess players for the most part.

 

[Phisher]

Probably because youre currently a nobody in the UFC.

His head is gassed up from the idiot fans already claiming that he deserves a title shot.

Actually, given the stupidity of the UFC's title matchmaking at 135, they'll probably give him one.

 

[Just Creed]

They probably thought Yan was someone making their debut

 

[Coolkid666]

They are scared. Assuncao should take that fight, see if he can build up a third 6+ fight winning streak just to have it broken

 

[DizzyYeahYeah]

Petr is a monster. Not a smart re-bound fight for anyone in the top 10 coming off a loss. I’d like to see Cody fight him, he may be the only one meat-headed enough to accept.

Cody needs to stop sparring and fighting for a good year. His brain needs some r'n'r.

 

[3DayFunk]

Assuncao probably wants to give his brain a rest I don't blame him turning it down.

 

[Willek]

I fell asleep reading "Jimmie Rivera" on that tweeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

 

[Fesaine]

Yan is currently the most overhyped fighter on Sherdog. No doubt that he's a good fighter but his tiny fanbase act like he's some kind of world beater.

 

[rorschach51]

Totally believe him.