Petr Yan will look to enter the bantamweight title picture at UFC Fight Night 248. Yan (17-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) meets Deiveson Figueiredo (24-3-1 MMA, 13-3-1 UFC) in Saturday’s main event ( ESPN+ ) at Galaxy Arena in Macau. With bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili saying Figueiredo is more deserving than Umar Nurmagomedov, Yan sees this as an opportunity to steal the spotlight. “Deiveson is a former champ, and also Merab has been saying that he’s the only real deserving challenger for his belt,” Yan told UFC News through an interpreter. “So for me, it’s a good opportunity for me to get this position, to beat him and challenge for the belt instead of him.” Dvalishvili has refused to acknowledge undefeated Nurmagomedov as No.
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Petr Yan hopes to leapfrog Umar Nurmagomedov as title challenger with UFC Macau win – MMA Junkie