Yan vs Faber

Who won Yan vs Faber?

Petr Yan beat Urijah Faber by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC 245, on Saturday 14th December 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Yan vs Faber stats

Petr Yan stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Urijah Faber made his way to the cage with a record of 35 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 17 by submission.

This was Petr Yan's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Petr Yan's UFC record stood at 10-4-0, while Urijah Faber's came in at 11-7-0.

The stats suggested Yan had a slight advantage in power over Faber, with a 38% knock out percentage over Faber's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Faber had a massive advantage over Yan, boasting a 49% submission rate over Yan's 8%.

Petr Yan was the younger man by 13 years, at 32 years old.

Yan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Faber. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Yan was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 31 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 9 years and 4 months later than Faber, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 34 less professional rounds, 77 to Faber's 111.

Yan vs Faber form

Petr Yan had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo on 23rd November 2024 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Galaxy Arena, Macau, China.

Previous to that, he had beaten Yadong Song at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili on 11th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Sean O’Malley at UFC 280 on 22nd October 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had been defeated by Aljamain Sterling at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by split decision in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Activity check

Yan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.

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