Petr Yan claims Cody Garbrandt is all bark and no bite after title decision

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Petr Yan claims Cody Garbrandt is all bark and no bite after title decision

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July 29, 2020

Saiyed Adeem Karim

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Cody Garbrandt and Petr Yan almost came to blows recently

Newly crowned UFC Bantamweight champion Petr Yan has hit out at Cody Garbrandt on social media.

Garbrandt is a former Bantamweight champion himself and knocked out Raphael Assuncao in impressive fashion.

Raphael Assuncao was knocked out cold by Cody Garbrandt — (L-R) Cody Garbrandt punches Raphael Assuncao of Brazil in their bantamweight bout during the UFC 250 event at UFC APEX on June 06, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

There were talks of him fighting for the Bantamweight title vacated by Henry Cejudo. However, Yan clashed against Jose Aldo for the title.

It was Yan who got the win over Aldo after a dominating display, and he has spoken about Aljamain Sterling getting the next shot.

However, Yan wasn’t too pleased with Garbrandt’s recent decision. The former champion wants a shot at Deiveson Figueiredo, who recently became the Flyweight champion.

Figueiredo defeated Joseph Benavidez in incredible fashion and Garbrandt would have to go a division down.

While that would be a great fight, Yan has hit out at Garbrandt and even suggested that the American didn’t have the “balls” to fight him:

That moment when No Chin was walking to take a piss but ended peeing himself. You only bark but don’t bite and now you running away to flyweight division. Shut up while I will fight contenders who have balls to challenge me. https://t.co/aV0YkKOJJw pic.twitter.com/yvp1ompIxq

— Petr “No Mercy” Yan (@PetrYanUFC) July 29, 2020

Stacked Bantamweight division

While Garbrandt moving a division down is interesting, it does open the title scene in the Flyweight division.

The Bantamweight division is stacked with a ton of top stars, and Garbrandt would have had to wait for a shot.

Petr Yan won the vacant Bantamweight title — Petr Yan of Russia punches Jose Aldo of Brazil in their UFC bantamweight championship fight during the UFC 251 event at Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island on July 12, 2020 on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

However, moving to the Flyweight division should give him a quicker shot at the title. Yan, for his part, was excellent against Aldo, but there have been questions if he deserved a shot at the title given that he didn’t fight too many top talents.

Sterling has been waiting in the wings but Dana White isn’t sure of giving the Funk Master a shot at the title.

Cejudo’s decision to vacate the titles opened a lot of opportunities. Yan has to cement his legacy as a UFC champion and it will be interesting to see who is next for him.

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