Petr Yan’s resurgence as a bantamweight contender took another big step Saturday when he defeated fellow former UFC champion Deiveson Figueiredo in the UFC Fight Night 248 main event.
Yan (18-5 MMA, 10-4 UFC) earned a unanimous decision victory over Figueiredo (24-4-1 MMA, 13-4-1 UFC) in their headlining showdown at Galaxy Arena in Macau, putting himself back on the map as a title threat at 135 pounds.
Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Yan beating Figueiredo at UFC Fight Night 248.
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PRE-FIGHT
THE FIGHT
Figueiredo is freezing Yan with feints but he hasn’t followed up properly on them.
— Anton Tabuena (@antontabuena) November 23, 2024
Yan went for a skipping osoto gair lol
— Josie Aldo (@JosieAldoMMA) November 23, 2024
A couple really nice shots from Figgy but Yan doing a vast majority of the work that round. 2-0 Yan
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) November 23, 2024
Yan making it look easy https://t.co/e00iFRifgE
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) November 23, 2024
Figgy got a chin petr yan is starting to break him down beautiful upper cuts
— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) November 23, 2024
Yan is so crisp with this striking
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) November 23, 2024
THE AFTERMATH
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Fight Night 248 social media reactions: Petr Yan’s win over Deiveson Figueiredo leads to praise from champ
