LAS VEGAS – Adrian Yanez has been through a lot outside the cage in recent years. In early 2016, Yanez (15-3 MMA, 4-0 UFC) lost his father, his biggest supporter, who died after a battle with cancer . In August 2021, legendary Metro Fight Club head coach Saul Soliz, Yanez’s MMA mentor, died from COVID-19 . When Yanez stepped into the cage Saturday at UFC Fight Night 198 , it was the first time in his promotional tenure Soliz was not in his corner. Yanez entered his fight against Davey Grant with the mentality that he’d mourn afterward, so when the final bell rang, the emotional floodgates opened. “It was just one of those moments where it kind of hit me like a ton of bricks,” Yanez told reporters, including MMA Junkie, at the UFC Fight Night 198 post-fight news conference.
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Pent-up emotions hit Adrian Yanez ‘like a ton of bricks’ after UFC Fight Night 198 – MMA Junkie