Urijah Faber vs Petr Yan: UFC Fighters’ Prediction & Analysis

UFC brings the most stacked card of the year on December 14th. We have Amanda Nunes defending her title against Germaine de Randamie. Max Holloway defends her title against Alexander Volkanovski. And finally, in the main event, Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman will settle their beef with the welterweight title on the line. However, to start this thrilling night we have the California kid, Urijah Faber vs Petr Yan. 

Urijah Faber is coming from a huge comeback win against Ricky Simon. Though he looked great against Simon, a fight against Yan is a whole different game. It’s a tough fight for Faber if you consider his long layoff from the sport. However, let’s see what these UFC fighters think of this matchup.

UFC 245: Urijah Faber vs Petr Yan Prediction

In a recent interview with ScoreMMA, UFC fighters gave their predictions on the fight. UFC heavyweight, Curtis Blaydes seems to be leaning towards Petr Yan. Blaydes stated:

“I am a big fan of Urijah. He is an OG. But after watching Peter Yan he is a classic Russian technician. He reminds me of Valentina Shevchenko. He is very good everywhere. He does not have any holes, he is sharp defense and head movement. I don’t see how he loses this. So I am going with Peter.”

UFC bantamweight, Ricky Simon who fought Uriah Faber on his UFC comeback wants Faber to win. “I want Uria to win. ‘because he beat me’. That would be a crazy story for Urijah. At his age what he has done, he had the opportunities, and he never quite became a champ. That would be cool to see Faber get it done and get a title shot.” said Simon.

UFC bantamweight, Cody Stamann did not hold back when asked to predict Urijah Faber vs Petr Yan and picked Yan to win overwhelmingly. “Petr Yan by murder,” said Stamann.

Ranked 6 bantamweights, Pedro Munhoz had an interesting breakdown of this fight. Munhoz stated:

“Urijah had a long time layoff and he is coming back right now at 40 something. He shows in the last fight against Rick Simon that he belongs there. he is a veteran. Petr Yan is tough too. Anything can happen in the fight. Urijah has way more experience than Yan. I think the experience counts a lot. but also Petr Yan is a fresh fighter. He shows some skills and has power.”

It’s hard to count out the experience of Urijah Faber has, but at the same time, his long layoff before the fight with Ricky Simon might play a crucial role against a high ranked bantamweight, Petr Yan. It would be intriguing to see whether he can bring his best game against Petr Yan at UFC 245.