{"id":865206,"date":"2025-08-14T21:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T02:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/petr-yan-predicts-merab-dvalishvili-vs-cory-sandhagen-after-going-10-rounds-with-ufc-320-co-main-event\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T02:17:06","slug":"petr-yan-predicts-merab-dvalishvili-vs-cory-sandhagen-after-going-10-rounds-with-ufc-320-co-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/petr-yan-predicts-merab-dvalishvili-vs-cory-sandhagen-after-going-10-rounds-with-ufc-320-co-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Petr Yan predicts Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cory Sandhagen after going 10 rounds with UFC 320 co-main event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article id=\"post-229103\">\n<p><strong>Nobody knows more about the next bantamweight title fight than Petr Yan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former two-time UFC Bantamweight Champion more than likely secured another title opportunity in the co-main event of <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/UFC-ABU-DHABI\">UFC Abu Dhabi<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2024\/11\/23\/petr-yan-vs-deiveson-figueiredo-ufc-macau-result-former-champion-dominates-in-five-round-slug-fest\/\">defeating Deiveson Figueiredo in the main event of UFC Macau<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/petr-yan\">Petr Yan<\/a> returned to three rounds against #13-ranked contender and Sean O\u2019Malley\u2019s teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/marcus-mcghee\">Marcus McGhee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yan had a slow start like he usually does, winning rounds 2 and 3 with his striking and some grappling as well. Yan was awarded the unanimous decision, his third straight win in the bantamweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Yan knows what he wants next, and that\u2019s the winner of <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/07\/22\/dana-white-announces-magomed-ankalaev-vs-alex-pereira-2-for-ufc-320-merab-dvalishvili-co-headlines\/\">Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cory Sandhagen at UFC 320<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><use href=\"http:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/#list-arrow-svg\" \/><\/svg><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/07\/26\/dricus-du-plessis-fires-bizarre-shot-at-shara-magomedov-after-bloody-ufc-abu-dhabi-victory\/\">Dricus Du Plessis fires bizarre shot at Shara Magomedov after bloody UFC Abu Dhabi victory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2227154741-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Petr Yan at UFC Abu Dhabi\" ><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption title=\"ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JULY 26: Petr Yan of Russia prepares to face Marcus McGhee in a bantamweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at Etihad Arena on July 26, 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC)\">Photo by Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Petr Yan makes \u201960-40\u2032 prediction for Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cory Sandhagen<\/h2>\n<p>Yan has went 10 rounds with the champion and his next challenger.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018No Mercy\u2019 won the interim bantamweight title in 2022 after he lost the undisputed belt via disqualification to Aljamain Sterling. Yan had to fight a game<a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/cory-sandhagen\"> Sandhagen<\/a> across five rounds at UFC 280 to get it, winning by unanimous decision in one of the toughest challenges and greatest performances of his career.<\/p>\n<p>The champion <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/merab-dvalishvili\">Dvalishvili<\/a> had his way with Yan in 2023, taking him down 11 times out of a whopping 49 attempts to win a lopsided decision.<\/p>\n<p>Who does Yan favor in a battle of former foes?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think [the odds are] 60-40 and Merab is a favorite,\u201d Yan leaned toward Dvalishvili on the UFC Abu Dhabi post-show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanna fight the winner of this fight,\u201d Yan added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI already beat Cory Sandhagen before and I just wanna face Merab when I\u2019m completely healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yan has said in the past he was injured heading into his 2023 fight with Dvalishvili.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Petr Yan recaps win at #UFCAbuDhabi, calls for winner of Merab vs. Cory for the belt | ESPN MMA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pY2QjzrXLhM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Petr Yan explains why he didn\u2019t wait for title shot<\/h2>\n<p>Coming off back-to-back wins over <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/song-yadong\">Song Yadong<\/a> and former two-time flyweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/deiveson-figueiredo\">Deiveson Figueiredo<\/a>, Yan very well could have waited for the UFC to give him a title opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/06\/14\/petr-yan-claims-he-was-promised-title-shot-before-accepting-bizarre-fight-at-ufc-abu-dhabi\/\">Yan says the UFC even promised him the title shot<\/a>, but he opted against it, taking a fight with McGhee in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to stay active,\u201d Yan said through a translator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI already told the organization, I wanted to fight 5 rounds, 10 rounds, I\u2019m gonna do it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m healthy, young, and I want to provide for my family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a big family,\u201d Yan revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have seven siblings, so I\u2019m working hard so everyone will be happy,\u201d Yan added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Christopher De Santiago<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/07\/26\/petr-yan-predicts-merab-dvalishvili-vs-cory-sandhagen-after-going-10-rounds-with-ufc-320-main-event\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody knows more about the next bantamweight title fight than Petr Yan. The former two-time UFC Bantamweight Champion more than likely secured another title opportunity in the co-main event of UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday. After defeating Deiveson Figueiredo in the main event of UFC Macau, Petr Yan returned to three rounds against #13-ranked contender<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":865207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120271,24352],"tags":[145540,8762],"class_list":{"0":"post-865206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-merab","8":"category-predicts","9":"tag-merab","10":"tag-predicts"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}