Once the toast of the weight class, Petr Yan has drifted into a state of purgatory in perhaps the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s deepest division.
The former bantamweight titleholder will look to pick up some momentum when he takes on Deiveson Figueiredo in the UFC Fight Night 248 main event on Saturday at Galaxy Arena in Macau, China. Yan has lost three of past four bouts. The 31-year-old Russian last saw action at UFC 299, where he outstruck Yadong Song to a unanimous decision on March 9 and stopped the bleeding from a three-fight losing streak.