UFC Obviously Wants Yan Away from the Title but the Question is Why?

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Marcus McGhee, really? I thought it was funny a couple of people actually tried to justify the UFC making this horrid fight. It is a bigger mismatch than Evloev vs. Pico. Yan should be fighting for the title and should not have been booked against this guy now it is apparent the UFC does not want him in the picture at the moment.

But why? He’s exciting, a fan favorite, and takes on all comers. You would think that the UFC would want him as a potential champion.
 
Yan needs to finish out his contract first
 
Gabe said:
Marcus McGhee, really? I thought it was funny a couple of people actually tried to justify the UFC making this horrid fight. It is a bigger mismatch than Evloev vs. Pico. Yan should be fighting for the title and should not have been booked against this guy now it is apparent the UFC does not want him in the picture at the moment.

But why? He’s exciting, a fan favorite, and takes on all comers. You would think that the UFC would want him as a potential champion.
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I really wish he didn't accept that fight. Even with a win, he still probably has to do another. Hopefully, if he does have to win another, they give him the number one ranked bantamweight, which is O'Malley. It will be a good rematch.
 
Yan v Merab
Cory v Sean

That's all they need to do
 
Yan doesn't draw like Sean, and he looked worse in the 1st match with Merab. I don't know why people are calling for this fight beyond Yan being on a good streak, it's probably going to be a waste of time. Yan has fought everyone, so he's giving a newer guy a chance.
 
sandhagen and merab is a match up we haven't seen yet.

yan can rematch omalley or fight umar next
 
Definitely what I want to see next. Corey deserves the next shot though.
 
It’s kinda interesting, they knew that if they wanted their poster boy Suga anywhere close to the title they couldn’t put him against someone that would beat him….Which Yan did, they had a lot of help from the Abu Dhabi judges that night to keep the narrative going.
And to keep that facade going they had to keep Yan away, didn’t help Yans case that he also dropped a big one to Merab and opened the door for the Machine to take over.

It could also be that for the last 4 years the landscape in the US politics and media was very anti Russian, I could see just that being reflected here on the forums where it started to echo chamber a bit. I could see them not trying to test the ESPN overlords.
 
He probably wanted to fight and there wasnt anybody for him to fight close to his rank. Cory has got the shot, he fought Song already, Vera pulled out of a fight so he might be hurt, Bautista just fought, same with o malley.

I guess they could have done Font instead, but the other guy is on a four fight streak, dont thinks its that crazy of a matchup.
 
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Alpha_T83 said:
Nah.

Merab vs Cory. Umar vs Yan for #1 contender.
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Umar v Yan is pretty good.

I dont see Cory having anything for Merab but he is deserving.

And I think Cory v Sean is the best BW matchup they could make in terms of entertainment and style matchup. Its a very intriguing match. The best one over the last 3 or so years and it hasn't happened yet
 
They need to market Yan to Chinese fans. I mean, you got all these American fighters walking around with Mexican flags and shit. Might as well have Peter Yan remind people he’s kinda Chinese.
 
HuskySamoan said:
Yans a Russian that isn't very promotable and already lost to Merab. Every UFC division has like 0 contenders lmao.
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I think he's fine to promote. Def more exciting to watch the most guys in his division
 
How many fucking title shots are they gonna give him?
 
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