Petr Yan Record, stats and next fight

Background

Born on February 11, 1993, in Dudinka, in northern Siberia, Yan grew up in Yekaterinburg. He comes from boxing, which he practiced as an amateur before switching to mixed martial arts, and he rounded out his training with judo and wrestling.

He turned professional in 2014 and made his name in Absolute Championship Berkut, where he became the bantamweight champion in 2017. He arrived in the UFC in 2018 with a record of 10 wins and 1 loss, and trains between Tiger Muay Thai in Thailand, Archangel Michael Fight Club and American Top Team.

UFC Career

He debuted in the organization in June 2018 in Singapore with a first-round KO of Teruto Ishihara. Decisions followed against Son Jin-soo in Moscow, John Dodson in Prague and Jimmie Rivera at UFC 238, a stoppage of Douglas Silva de Andrade at UFC 232, then a head kick KO of Urijah Faber at UFC 245 in 43 seconds. In July 2020, at UFC 251, he stopped Jose Aldo in the fifth round to win the vacant bantamweight title.

What came next was rockier. At UFC 259, in March 2021, he lost the belt by disqualification after landing a knee on a grounded Aljamain Sterling. He won the interim title in October 2021 against Cory Sandhagen, then suffered three straight decision losses: Sterling at UFC 273, Sean O’Malley at UFC 280 and Merab Dvalishvili in March 2023.

His comeback began in March 2024 with a win over Song Yadong at UFC 299. He then beat Deiveson Figueiredo in Macau in November 2024, then Marcus McGhee in Abu Dhabi in July 2025. On December 6, 2025, he took the belt from Merab Dvalishvili after five rounds that earned Fight of the Night.

On October 24, 2026, at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi, he defended his belt against Dvalishvili in the third meeting of their trilogy. Down on the first two rounds, he turned the fight around by winning the final three rounds and retained his title by unanimous decision.

Fighting Style

Yan is a pressure boxer who moves forward while switching stances and works the body as much as the head. He mixes short combinations, elbows on the ground and low kicks, and his striking volume stays high over five rounds. His takedown defense lets him stay on his feet against wrestlers, and he often follows a head slip with a counter.

Twelve of his twenty wins came by decision, seven by KO or TKO and only one by submission. That breakdown fits a fighter who builds his advantage round after round rather than on a single moment, and his three five-round championship fights since 2024 have all gone the distance.