Peter Yan segrade senast mot Urijah Faber under UFC 245. Efteråt hade han en staredown med den forne mästaren Cody Garbrandt, men Yan menar att han inte är interesserad av en match mot honom.
Yans namn har vuxit mycket i och med knockouten mot Faber, men han känner inte att det är hans största vinst i karriären.
Via ’MMAFighting’
I don’t like to force the finish, but I also don’t like to leave it in the hands of the judges- We all know I fought in his home territory, so I did not want to leave any questions. I’m very glad that I got the stoppage.
I wasn’t surprised with anything [Faber did]. They can say whatever they want, but the first round was completely under my control. I wasn’t forcing the action, I just needed to feel him out, his reactions, his power. I was pressuring him, I saw all of his shots and I made him miss most of them. After that I started working in the second round. And you saw what happened after.
I don’t consider it the biggest win in my career, every fight is very important for me in its own way. This fight matters because it increased my popularity and brought me one step closer to the title. I think it was excellent fight and experience, now onto the next one.
Angående sammandrabbningen med Garbrandt menar Yan att det egentligen inte hände någonting.
Nothing really happened.
Cody wrote, ‘Get this MFer,’ on Dana White’s Instagram page, I jokingly replied, ‘You are next, No Chin,’ and he tried to act tough and crossed the line by commenting that he will see me tomorrow and smack me like a little ho. You all saw what happened when he saw me face to face: he was hiding his hands behind his back, acting all emotional and didn’t back up his words proving that he is all talk. He is a puppy – he barks, but doesn’t bite.
Enligt Yan har Garbrandt måhända rörelse och snabbhet, men menar att amerikanen har en glashaka.
It would just be a matter of time before I can catch him and after that you will see another fall of the man with no chin. Now I understand that he talks big just to stay relevant. He is trying to attach his name to mine because I just won the fight and I’m on the rise. He needs to win a fight first before calling me out.
To be honest, at this stage of my career, I’m not interested in this fight at all. I believe I deserve to fight for the title and will talk to UFC about that first. After that we can plan and see what fights will make sense. In the future it’s still possible, I would love to show you Russian boxing style.
Garbrandt bokades nyligen för ett möte mot Raphael Assuncao. Han har nu 3 raka förluster via KO/TKO.
Vad tycker ni om Yans kommentarer om Garbrandt? Skulle ni vilja se ett möte mellan de två?
