Media Petr Yan says he was injured going into the fight

Do you believe him?

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HI SCOTT NEWMAN said:
He looked like he always does to me, he is very hesitant and tentative and barely throws anything for the first 8 minutes, he is like that in every single fight. after 8 minutes he will throw more and actually do something but its a huge flaw of him, and the opponents now all know it. I've been saying this for ages on here. Unless he can fight from the very first second and throw more then he is going to be losing a lot more decisions in UFC.

He is 1-4 in his last 5 and it will continue until he is cut because like I said the opponents have now seen all the film on him and they know.. it was the same with Cerrone, everyone started to notice that he started slow and they overwhelmed him. Yan needs to let go, far too hesitant and too much staring all the time.
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Exactly. I don’t get why people keep glossing over how slow of a starter he is. Making apple and orange comparisons (Sterling and Merab).

Merab didn’t allow Yan to fight at the pace he normally does (starting off slow and conserving energy being tentative) and then putting it on in the later rounds.

Sterling fight was round 1 tentative feeling out, round 2-3 laying still in a triangle. Round 4-5 Sterling content sitting back and counter kicking trying to milk the clock thinking he already won letting Yan dictate pace. Sterling allowed Yan to conserve energy and dictate pace.

Metab fight was all gas and no brakes pressure start to finish. I find it hard to believe a version of Yan ever existed or will ever exist that could handle that. Merab kept coming forward and made Yan constantly use energy and dictated an insane pace.

In that barrage of offense was reward compromising him (hurt his leg, closed his eye and sucked the life out of him, stole his soul).
 
^ hair is thinning bad

beginning of the end unfortunately

we cannot understand why/how the norwood reaper chooses his victims. but we must accept it.
 
If by "went in injured", he really meant "Merab injured me immediately", I'll accept it. If not, fuck off Petr.
 
Jackonfire said:
He looked flatter and slower because Merab took out his lead leg early. That calf kick in the first caused Yan to switch stances and he was never really able to adjust after that.
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Had to scroll way too far before seeing this.

Dudes leg was TOAST.

In addition to fighting a cardio machine, taking damage and constantly counter wrestling, he couldn't use his favored stance for fear of having that leg go all the way out.

Yan is a great fight, so is Merab. Styles make fights and Merab got him good.
 
AfroBanana said:
He was in denial though. Second Sterling fight he was screeching he won all 5 rounds and still thinks he won his last 2 fights. First time he needed to use an excuse since he blatantly fouled someone.
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He did, at the very least, win the O'Malley fight. At least that's what three quarters of the forum said back then, before it became hip to hate on Yan.
 
Jackonfire said:
He looked flatter and slower because Merab took out his lead leg early. That calf kick in the first caused Yan to switch stances and he was never really able to adjust after that.
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rjmbrd said:
Had to scroll way too far before seeing this.

Dudes leg was TOAST.

In addition to fighting a cardio machine, taking damage and constantly counter wrestling, he couldn't use his favored stance for fear of having that leg go all the way out.

Yan is a great fight, so is Merab. Styles make fights and Merab got him good.
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This is false. Yan stopped with the stance switches for about a minute and a half after that hard check but was back to flipping a couple of minutes into the third. You think that Yan's leg was 'done' because that's what DC and Felder speculated ...until Yan went back to switching stances.
 
CPH said:
He did, at the very least, win the O'Malley fight. At least that's what three quarters of the forum said back then, before it became hip to hate on Yan.
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What’s funny with Yan claiming he won both is criteria wise it’s not possible. He either has to admit he won because he held Sean down or lost because he got held down. Sean has a more compelling argument to saying he won the stand up and was controlled less than Yan does with Sterling. He’s basically in conflict here. Sean did much more damage to him than he did to Sterling, Yan held Sean down less than Sterling did him. Sterling also worked more for subs and shit.
 
I think people have addressed it already, but in Yan's mind he's undefeated and only lost when he was hurt.

If you need to tell yourself to keep motivated that's fine, but don't expect sympathy from others.
 
It doesn't matter if I believe him or not, but he does need a real rebound fight or two. Getting the Sexyama treatment (either from the UFC matchmakers or by himself asking for top opponents) is leaving him plummetting in what is still his prime.
 
Merab was a nightmare matchup. Even if Yan was at his best, he was always going to struggle with him.
 
Lol so have you guys jumped off this bandwagon yet?
 
Alright. So he cant win fights anymore and he is not healthy neither
 
HHJ said:
No one is allowed to say they were injured. The unwashed basement mob will wave their flabby fingers in judgement.
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Well sure. But if you come out and say it immediately after the fight, don't be surprised if people think you're making excuses.
 
When has Yan ever made injury excuses after a fight? I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Merab still put on a masterclass.
 
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