MOSCOW, Apr 10 Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Petr Yan after defeat from the American Aljamain Sterling in a rematch for the title of champion of the Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC), he said that he would not give up and continue to prepare for the next fights. On Sunday night, Jan in Jacksonville (Florida, USA) lost to Sterling by a split decision and failed to win the bantamweight title. After the fight, the Russian claimed that the judges «stole» the victory from him.
"Thank you all for your support. The fight went the way it did. Not in our favor, but we will move on. Don’t give up, life doesn’t end there, we’ll fight again", – said Jan in a story on his Instagram page *.
Jan and Sterling met for the second time, in the first meeting in 2021, the Russian lost the championship title after being disqualified for an illegal knee to the head of an American. Yang suffered the third defeat in his professional career in mixed martial arts, he has 16 victories on his account.* (Meta activity (social networks Facebook and Instagram) is banned in Russia as extremist)