News Petr Yan vs Marcus McGhee set for UFC Abu Dhabi on July 26th

[Rapa]

Why don't they put Yan in with Nurmagomedov? Or is the latter injured again?

Bcs khabob and his rats know yan murders him thats why! I bet they will ask for rematch with merb without any fight

 

[Koala]

McGhee is available, 4-0, never fought Yan, and hasn't lost to most top 5 opponents in the past

Champ- Merab is fighting O'Maley
1 - O'Maley is fighting Merab
3 - Nurmagomedov is injured
4 - Sandhagen recently fought Figgy and lost to Yan in the past
5 - Yadong is available but has lost to Yan in the past
6- Figgy just fought, lost to Sandhagen, and also lost to Yan + injured
7 - Vera is injured and pulled out of the Batista fight
8 - Font is available and is 2-0, but lost in the past to all the top 5 opponents
9 - Cejudo might be injured in the eyes and is on a 3-fight losing streak
10 - Bautista is fighting Mix
11 - Zahabi just fought Aldo
12 - Phillips is fighting Vinicius and just lost to Font
13 - McGhee is available and is 4-0 in the UFC + over 30 + trains with O'Maley
14 - Jackson has fought recently
15 - Vinicius is fighting Phillips
Mix is fighting Bautista

 

[IneedSometop]

Big time fight for Mcghee kind of do or die for him right now since he's 35 and got the UFC late. Could be a really good fight. I favor Yan but I think Mcghee can be competitive

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

Kind of a throwaway matchup but should be a banger, keeps Yan paid and active.

If Suga wins against Merab it does set up an enticing 5 round rematch.

 

[wufabufa]

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

someone make the kid a wikipedia page ffs

 

[Raise Your Fist]

why UFC hate Yan so much

 

[prime_lobov]

Who the fook is that guy?

 

[TITS]

It's a little late to be feeding Yan bums or giving him tune-up fights, they should have done that years ago when he was on that 3 fight skid, instead they showed him no mercy.

 

[MigitAs]

BUT WHY

I can’t believe it still

 

[svmr_db]

 

[NoSmilez]

Marcus has a crazy struggle face

 

[FreedomCricket]

Shoulda booked Yan / Vera and Bautista/Mcghee

 

[svmr_db]

 

[svmr_db]

Shoulda booked Yan / Vera and Bautista/Mcghee

Vera doesn't deserve to fight that high up the rankings with him coming off 2 straight losses & Bautista shouldn't be fighting down regardless of what fans think of the Aldo fight.

 

[wrb]

Yan was on a four-loss streak, I think, and has fought all the top guys and lost. I did not like him before, but I do now, as he is still fighting. However, who else is he supposed to fight? People don't like to talk about it, but of all the recent high-level opponents Merab has faced, he beat Yan the worst. A rematch is kind of pointless at this point, and this next fight could be really good.

 

[Pierced7681]

Fuck it.. why not? McGhee is on a good streak and I have no problem to see Yan being active.

Petr looks like he says yes to any fight they offer him. Hopefully he gets back his mojo with a win in this one.

Yan probably looking at it as a stay busy and help keep off the ring rust fight

 

[svmr_db]

Fight is now 100% official per Marcel

 

[fizzlehiss]

People sleeping on McGhee. He is legit af.

 

[MRT]

People sleeping on McGhee. He is legit af.

We will find out...this is quite the step up in competition for him.

Great fight for McGhee to take, but seems like a weird one for Yan. I get that most of the top guys are booked or recently fought, but this seems like too much of a step back for Yan, coming off Figgy and Song. I'm not sure anything short of crushing McGhee in spectacular fashion would put Yan in a better position for a title shot, so it seems like a questionable risk/reward option. I will never begrudge a fighter for staying active though, so good on him...