By Nolan King |
January 9, 2021 5: 45 pm
Petr Yan is training stateside to arrange for his first UFC title protection.
The UFC bantamweight champion, Yan (15-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) is making ready for his UFC 259 protection vs. Aljamain Sterling at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Fla., his supervisor Sayat Abdrakhmanov confirmed to MMA Junkie on Saturday.
UFC 259 takes home March 6. A device and venue relish no longer been printed, but the fundamental card airs on pay-per-maintain about following prelims expected on ESPN and ESPN+.
Yan currently arrived within the U.S., and on Friday posted claimed the vacant belt in opposition to Jose Aldo at UFC 251 last July.
He turn out to be once supposed to invent his first title protection at UFC 256 in December but turn out to be once forced to withdraw attributable to personal disorders.
The most modern UFC 259 fight card consists of:
Jan Blachowicz vs. Israel Adesanya – for gentle heavyweight title
Amanda Nunes vs. Megan Anderson – for ladies folks’s featherweight title
Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling – for bantamweight title
Aleksandar Rakic vs. Thiago Santos
Dominick Cruz vs. Casey Kenney
Drew Dober vs. Islam Makhachev
Askar Askarov vs. Joseph Benavidez
Sean Brady vs. Jake Matthews
Randy Costa vs. Trevin Jones
Aalon Cruz vs. Uros Medic
Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa
Amanda Lemos vs. Livinha Souza
