Petr Yan’s triumphant world title victory towards Jose Aldo at UFC 251 has been immortalized on the streets of St. Petersburg with a picture-perfect mural of Russia’s newest UFC champion.
Yan joined Khabib Nurmagomedov as certainly one of simply two Russian titleholders on the planet’s largest combined martial arts promotion when he earned a stoppage late within the fifth spherical of his “Combat Island” bout with MMA icon Aldo – and it did not lengthy for his achievement to be acknowledged by the Russian inventive neighborhood.
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The mural reveals the 27-year-old Yan draped in a Russian flag whereas holding his gloved fist aloft, alongside the phrases “And new…“
Writing of the mural on Instagram the group accountable, sbpcolors, stated, through translation: “Congratulations Petr Yan [for the] victory!
“We comply with his work from the time when it was not but mainstream! Petr masterfully offers together with his rivals, like an actual artist with a canvas. It is good to present items to such nice folks! Respect for the victory!“
In the meantime, Yan’s standing as UFC bantamweight champion has already result in a bunch of his divisional rivals making an attempt to engineer a struggle with the division’s new high canine.
One such fighter is former 135lbs champion Cody Garbrandt, who wrote on Twitter that Yan is “too sluggish” for him.
Yan’s riposte was easy, accompanied by a laughing emoji: “And you’re too dumb, no chin.”
And you’re too dumb, no chin 😂 https://t.co/c32tTfwNDC
— Petr “No Mercy” Yan (@PetrYanUFC) July 12, 2020
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