After his recent skid in form that has seen him lose his last three fights, former UFC lightweight champion Petr Yan‘s upcoming fight against Song Yadong is crucial for his career. A win will see him reclaim his rightful place among the top contenders in the bantamweight division.

A loss, however, will be a setback that will see him out of the title mix for the near future. Which is why his upcoming UFC 299 bout on Saturday is so crucial. And ahead of this all-important bout, let us take a look at ‘No Mercy’s physical physical attributes.

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Petr Yan started his martial arts journey when he started training taekwondo in sixth grade. A few years later, he would follow in his brother’s footsteps and started learning boxing and went on to become a ‘Master of Sport’ in it.

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‘No Mercy’ made his professional mixed martial arts career in 2014 in a Russian promotion and went on to compile an impressive record of 8-1 and become champion in the ACB before signing with the UFC around six years ago.

His relentless, high-pressure style has seen Yan become one of the best mixed martial artists in the world, and the UFC bantamweight champion over the course of his distinguished career. This has mostly been because of his dogged mentality, indomitable will along with technical prowess, and a world-class boxing pedigree since the Russian is not very physically gifted, standing at 5’7″, and weighing around 145 pounds with a 57″ reach. And as the 31-year-old sets up to face Yadong on March 9, he has not forgotten his painfully close loss to Sean O’Malley.

‘No Mercy’ determined to avenge Sean O’Malley loss

Petr Yan lost his title to Aljamain Sterling in 2022 after being disqualified during their UFC 273 fight. He lost a split decision to ‘Aljo’ in the rematch before losing another, razor-thin split decision to Sean O’Malley in his next fight at UFC 280.

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‘Suga’ went on to fight for the title in his next fight and defeated Sterling at their UFC 293 bout to become the new UFC bantamweight champion. But Yan thinks O’Malley could only do this as ‘Suga’ was “gifted” a decision against him and is determined to reclaim the 145-pound title. “Sean can’t be considered a real champion when he was gifted a decision in our fight. We have to run it back,” he said in a recent interview. And his UFC 299 clash against Song is the perfect opportunity to make a case for another title shot and knowing Yan, he will go all out in it. What do you think about Yan’s comments about his O’Malley loss?

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