If looking on the current Bantamweight UFC rankings, Petr Yan is only behind Sean O'Malley and Umar Nurmagomedov – two boxers who have just lost in the battle with the defending champion Merab Dvalishvili.
People can compete directly with “No Mercy” currently only Cory Sandhagen is ranked fourth. However, this opponent has only 1 victory, instead of a series of 2 matches like Yan.
It was that that surprised the audience when Petr Yan was announced against Marcus McGhee – who was only ranked 13th with 4 wins at UFC. Explaining this, the Russian boxer made it clear about the information he received from UFC.
“I was saying that I could wait and would be the next person to compete for the belt. But I didn't want to wait and didn't want to be a martial artist who didn't work too much. I wanted to fight for 2 matches a year if possible. I just need to fight in July, they just found me a rival, and I'm ready.”
The sharing was immediately posted by a media channel that made the audience community admire the “battle” of Petr Yan. Because, his upcoming opponent is also judged not the name “delicious” when looking at the actual ability on the ring.
Marcus McGhee is from Mmalab, where the former Sean O'Malley champion is also an old opponent of Petr Yan who is practicing. Experience from O'Malley can help McGhee bring a more difficult posture to Yan.
In addition, MCGHEE is assessed to possess the ability to launch power with a knockout ratio of up to 80% of the 10 wins. The ability to surf with the Grappling of the boxer born in 1990 is also quite good if observing his play in UFC.
Anyway, Petr Yan gave the reason he accepted the confrontation will take place on July 27 at Abu Dhabi. The story is now that he will find a way to solve this opponent, before targeting a stretching capacity in the weight class are dense the current unpredictable names.