Bantamweight Petr Yan answered questions from the press at the official UFC Las Vegas media day ahead of facing Merab …
hi Peter how are you everybody ready I’m Jim Greece MMA Weekly I hate to go here right away but for a fighter like you you’re a proud fighter you had a big winning streak and then you had that the knee with aljo and then the two things how do you ever trust the judges again how do you ever trust judging in this sport again after these last couple I know you said a lot about that and how is your mindset about that now heading into this fight foreign yes no doubt it was a good experience you know big fights but I made a decision if I need to move forward I need to forget about the past so I’m just thinking about the future and now with this fight obviously they know you because these teammates with aljo and they’ve trained you and there’s a little history there but how do you see this match up and what do you feel like where do you feel like your advantages are against polish Philly um [Music] yeah I think they know how to get ready for me how to prepare for me but also talking about myself I’m also know what mirab is gonna do and last one for me the division where it is now we know you want the belt back sahudo coming back O’Malley where do you see yourself in that title contention order right now um foreign foreign [Music] I think I need to win the fight first and we’ll see what’s next I already beat O’Malley if I have to do it again I’ll do it more convincingly thank you I’m just curious if you think that marab is taking this fight a little bit more personal than you are there’s obviously some history on both political and personal I’m just curious if if you feel like maybe he’s focusing on that too much foreign [Music] [Music] integration I think you know he doesn’t have any other way to bring attention to himself you know he cannot do it with his fights in his fights all his do like a dog you know take takes the lake and push the opponents to the cage so he’s just trying to take a little attention with something else no one no one is interested in him what did you think when you got the name was that a name that you you thought was inevitable you’d have to fight were you excited about the fight were you did you want someone else is foreign because no one else from top five were available at the moment and I didn’t want to stay out of the action and I just wanted to stay active and you know mirappa is a good choice to beat is there any excitement about fighting in a new venue you guys are going to be fighting in for the first time in that venue and a little bit earlier start time do either of those affect you at all um no I never thinking about where fights gonna take place when and who I’m gonna fight you know I’m just focused on doing my job I’m just focused on winning this fight you know yes now [Music] since my first fight in here you see I know I fought all over the world whenever they offered me so what sort of fight are you expecting from him do you expect to have to go the full five rounds or do you feel like you can finish him quickly yesterday is yeah you always want to finish the fight earlier you know you don’t want to leave it in the hands of the judges and yes my goal is to finish this fight early and my last question how do you remain positive coming off of a fight where I think most people believe that you did win that fight how do you remain positive going into your next fight foreign foreign you have to keep moving forward if you decided to keep going forward you know you just have to prove with your actions that you’re the best one quick one for me I just wanted your uh your thoughts on the algae main Sterling versus Henry sahudo fight who who do you believe will win that fight if his fight will I think Sterling will win what do you think you know Henry’s coming off a big big long layoff do you think that’s going to play an effect during the fight um [Music] foreign could have made could have been the backup for the fight but he declined I just wanted your thoughts on on that foreign [Music] he should have been told that he must to take it and he will take it thank you just one question here there’s a video going around on social media right now and it was of an interaction between you and marab in the hotel did it feel like it was staged to you like his camera people were walking up and they kind of wanted to make a scene when when Rob walked up to you the movies [Music] small um [Music] I was leaving the hotel to for to training for NPI and he came up to me and he was asking for a cross interview with Schmo to promote the fight but like I already mentioned no one is interested in mirap and I’m not interested in promoting him either you know you know he tried to push himself too hard he tried to force himself on being fans favorite but you know it never work out that way this camera is you know the way he acts off camera is different on cameras he act in different way how is he different off camera when there’s no camera he is not saying much actually