Petr Yan has had an emphatic start to his UFC tenure, and if he claims victory over Jimmie Rivera at UFC 238, he will make it five wins in as many trips to the Octagon inside a year.
“No Mercy” has wowed fans over the last 12 months, but even some of his biggest supporters have been astounded by what he has achieved so far. Even Yan admits that his emergence at the top of the UFC’s bantamweight division was somewhat unprecedented.
“I didn’t expect it to happen so quickly, but I’m still confident in my abilities and I believe I can get to the title without too many problems,” Yan told Eurobash through a translator.