defeating Marcus McGhee in Saturday’s UFC on ABC 9 co-main event<\/a> at Etihad Arena.<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
Yan was asked about the possibility of facing Nurmagomedov (18-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) next, but after their initial planned booking in June fell through, he’s no longer interested.<\/p>\n
“Right now, I’m not interested in fighting Umar in November in Qatar,” Yan told MMA Junkie and other reporters through an interpreter at the post-fight news conference. “I was offered a fight against him in Baku, Azerbaijan. I accepted it; they couldn’t accept it. Then I asked for July, they also couldn’t make it. Right now, I’m only focused on a title shot.”<\/p>\n
Merab Dvalishvili (20-4 MMA, 13-2 UFC) defends his bantamweight title against Cory Sandhagen (18-5 MMA, 11-4 UFC) in the UFC 320 co-headliner on Oct. 4 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Yan’s most recent loss came to Dvalishvili in March 2023, and he hopes to get the opportunity to avenge that setback.<\/p>\n
“Obviously, I prefer to rematch Merab to see how I’ll do against him when I’m healthy,” Yan said. “But, Cory’s also a great fighter, interesting fighter. I had a great fight with him. I believe they’re going to have a good fight, but I just believe Merab’s pressure is going to be a key factor. At some point, Cory’s going to fade.”<\/p>\n
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