Petr Yan lost his UFC bantamweight title to Aljamain Sterling after being disqualified due to an illegal strike at UFC 259. Petr Yan won the fight on two scorecards when he he surprised fans by illegally kneeling Aljamain Sterling in the fourth round.
UFC women’s weightlifting champion Valentina Shevchenko has recently lost Petr Yan. Shevchenko revealed that she believed the deception was not intentional and occurred as a result of an error of judgment. Speaking to Petr Yan, Valentina Shevchenko told James Lynch in an interview:
“Oh, that’s the situation. It’s so sad and I really understand what kind of frustration Petr Yan is now feeling. Because he was clearly winning the fight and without he went for total control.And this knee, it ‘s very sad but it’ s hard to blame someone It ‘s hard to blame Petr because I don’t think he was for the reason .I think it was just a deliberate, header kick. And really you know, I totally understand that he’s saying he was aiming so much. on his hands.Because before the fight he has to be with the referee and it’s like, ‘Okay, you take, if there’s one hand here, there’s one….’ And you start aiming hard at him hands and you forget about feet. “
Valentina Shevchenko believes Petr Yan deserves a rematch
Valentina Shevchenko was sure about Petr Yan winning the fight before coming to a difficult decision. According to Shevchenko, a re-election is needed to clear up the confusion over the controversial position of a bantamweight title. Praising a revenge game, Valentina Shevchenko said:
“And when I was watching it live, we had a UFC watch party in the house. And it’s kind of like that in that situation it’s kind of hard to see if it’s one knee down or like the two knees up. And the move this, when Aljamain (Sterling) began to build, this is why he (Petr Yan) thought that this was a time when he was actually building, standing up, and he And it ‘s like that situation, there has to be another fight, like revenge.And at this fight we’ll see how it is going to be.Because it’s controversial now who because we can clearly see that Petr won the fight. “