Rani Yahya has only lost one of eight fights since moving down to bantamweight for the first time since his WEC days, but still thinks he hasn’t been given the attention he deserves. At UFC Lincoln, he plans on doing more to guarantee it happens.
The jiu-jitsu ace is set to face Luke Sanders in the Fight Night’s curtain-jerker Saturday night in Nebraska, and admits that not being too vocal before and after his most recent wins in the UFC, submitting Russell Doane and Henry Briones, has hurt him.
”I think what’s missing is me going there and talking, challenging someone from the top so I can climb the ladder in the UFC,” Yahya told MMA Fighting.