UFC fighter Petr Yan on the fight with Conor McGregor: our weight difference doesn't matter 
Russian mixed style (MMA) fighter Peter Ian, during a press conference posted on the YouTube channel RCC: MMA & Boxing, spoke about holding a fight with Irishman Conor McGregor.
The athlete felt that first McGregor should take his proposal seriously, after which he will begin to recover his boxing skills. “Guys, this whole story is just talk. But if Conor wanted to box, I would go against him. Our weight difference with him does not matter, “he stressed.
On November 12, McGregor disagreed with the rating according to which Ian has the best striking technique among the UFC fighters. He promised to “break” it at a personal meeting. In response, the athlete said that he was ready to fight with the Irishman in any weight category and in any format.
On October 30, Ian defeated American Corey Sandhagen by unanimous decision and won the belt of the interim UFC bantamweight champion. The Russian lost the championship title in a duel with Aljamein Sterling in March. Then Yang lost by disqualification, inflicting an illegal knee blow to the head of a lying opponent.