Petr Yan just won his fight against former flyweight king Deiveson Figueiredo over 25 harsh fought minutes. He just showed ‘No Mercy’ to his veteran opponent as he left the ‘God of War’ in shambles at Macau earlier today. The popular Russian bantamweight was pretty pumped after he won and even called out Merab ‘The Machine’ Dvalishvili. However, someone else was more emotional than he was.

Yan’s son, Daniil was with his dad on the cage-side and saw him win. With tears in his eyes, Yan junior came inside the octagon and could not hold his excitement.  Little Yan said while crying, “I’m very happy that my dad won!” and this won everyone’s hearts.

Yan was holding his son tightly as his mother Julia saw her two pillars inside the cage. Petr Yan put on a flawless performance as he outwrestled and out-struck Figueiredo and won the fight. The fans were gushing about him and his son’s emotional moment after the win.

Fans react to Yan Jr and his proud moment as a son

Petr Yan eventually had 50-45, 50-45, and 50-45  with the official stats page showing that Yan had exhaustively out-landed Figueiredo 121-53 on powerful strikes. After the iconic win, Michael Bisping asked his son how he felt and Yan jr could not hold back his tears as he was so proud.

Fans saw the moment and reacted on X and Instagram. UFC buffs on X wrote things like, “Young man is very proud of his father,” and “Ultimate dad moment love to see it.”  Petr Yan proved to the world that he was indeed the best. During his post-fight interview, he said, “Guys before my fight Merab told DeivesonFigueiredo number one contender who deserves the title fight. I want to say Merab what you say now when I beat the number one contender in my division. I wanna do rematch with Merab let’s go.” 

Even Dvalishvili was impressed just as much as Yan’s son was proud of his dad. The fans saw the wholesome moment and wrote, “Dad of the Year Moment.,” while another follower said, “It was a brutal fight I would have cried also if my dad did this in front of me for me.” One follower was impressed with his son and wrote, “Lil fighter you won my heart.” Yan won Dvalishvili’s heart as well because the bantamweight champ said, “@PetrYanUFC you look damn good”. He also appreciated Yan for his performance with another tweet, “I’m impressed @PetrYanUFC performance tonight #UFCMacao”. 

Followers commented on the same post on Instagram and said, “Wholesome moment I am so happy for Yan.” One fan even compared Yan’s son to the champ and said, “Adorable. His son looks just like him lol.” Now that ‘No Mercy’ has proved himself again and made his son proud too, do you think he will get a chance against Dvalishvili? Share your thoughts in the comments below.