Media Petr Yan says he wants to fight Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 310

[BoxerMaurits]

 

[Gabe]

Hell yeah.

 

[JoeRowe]

Let them fight

(Yan by Decision)

 

[RockyLockridge]

No.


Figgy should get the shot after Merab, He shouldn't have to fight again.

Yan should fight Umar.

 

[NicholasJBasile]

That would be a good fight -- high action. Yan always starts off slow but I can see him winning a decision against Deveison.

 

[Guy LeDouche]

Now this would be a fun fight. 5 rounds please, 3 rounds would be a disservice to these guys.

I think Yan is too slick and has the boxing edge on Figgy.

 

[Pointy12-6Elbows]

Sick fight! I’m down for this one!

 

[StonedLemur]

Close poll so far sir.
I got Yan in this one, he has a fire under his ass.

 

[Pierced7681]

Yan beats Figgy in a five rounder for sure, three rounds is a toss up due to Yan being a notorious slow starter and Figgy being a front runner

 

[OldBoy91]

Amazing fight if it were to happen!

I'd be picking Yan, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Figgy won. I feel like I've been waiting for his age to catch up to him for a while now and he keeps proving me wrong.

 

[StonedLemur]

Now this would be a fun fight. 5 rounds please, 3 rounds would be a disservice to these guys.

I think Yan is too slick and has the boxing edge on Figgy.

5 rounds sir?

 

[Sycho Sid]

3 round - Figgy

5 round - Yan

 

[TheMadHatter]

i have been waiting for yan to fight again. this is a great matchup even though it could potentially derail figueiredo.

 

[fortheo]

I think fig could squeak out 2 rounds in a 3 rounder. He's a smart fighter and yan almost always gives away round 1.

 

[VinceArch]

If it does happen, Figgy better make the claim he's either fighting for the belt or Umar next.

 

[Trabaho]

No.


Figgy should get the shot after Merab, He shouldn't have to fight again.

Yan should fight Umar.

How is Figuedoahead of Umar.

No Umar next shot and Yan Fig fight a number 1 contender bout.

 

[Tweak896]

Figgy does really good against guys his size. Yan isn't a walk in the park and seems like he has better cardio. Perfect matchup. Might be the only way they slow down the Umar title shot.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

We need the as a 5-round Fight Night Main Event or I don't want it.

 

[RockyLockridge]

How is Figuedoahead of Umar.

No Umar next shot and Yan Fig fight a number 1 contender bout.

No.

Fig Was a former champion who moved up and won 3 ranked fights in a row. He deserves a chance to be double champ. Figgy JUST beat the last title challenger.

If you can name even one time a former champ moved up a weight class, won 3 fights and didn't get a title fight, I'll shut up.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

I think fig could squeak out 2 rounds in a 3 rounder. He's a smart fighter and yan almost always gives away round 1.

That's actually not true, but people have a perception of Yan as a "slow-starter" because once he got into 5 round title fights he adjusted his style to save energy by making reads to build more later in the fight as his opponent tires.

But looking at his UFC career:

Isihara = Yan First Round KO (so he won the 1st lol)
Son = Yan won the 1st round
Andrade = Yan won the 1st round
Dodson = Yan won the 1st round
Rivera = Yan won the 1st round (was losing before the knockdown, but this was the "jellyfish" fight)
Faber = Yan won the 1st round

After that it's 5 round fights where he loses the first mostly, except the 3 rounders vs. Suga and Song (Suga first round was a split to Suga that Yan should've gotten and against Song he blew his leg out in the first round).

Dude opened his career by winning 6 straight first rounds in a row in 3 round fights, so I think he is capable of re-adjusting his style to shorter fights. But I'd really prefer to see him in 5 rounders, that's where he can really showcase his talents and we get a far better gauge of how good he is/how well he can perform.