Video of Petr Yan’s corner offering instructions to him just moments before his disastrous disqualification at UFC 259 has been released, and the footage might produce more questions than answers.
Yan lost the UFC bantamweight championship to Aljamain Sterling after connecting with an illegal knee (Sterling was in a grounded position) in the fourth round that led to the bout being waved off by referee Mark Smith and Yan forfeiting the title to Sterling by disqualification. It is the first time ever that a UFC title has changed hands in this manner.