“I can’t even explain how much I hate to lose, but this is the energy that will get me back on the path to the goal,” the Ecuadorian fighter wrote on the social network. “It’s normal, life sometimes presents us with something, and looks at how we cope with it. Just watch me come back!”
“Peter Yan, the time has come,” Chito added.
The fight between Marlon Vera and Cory Sandhagen, who headlined the UFC on ESPN 43 tournament in San Antonio last weekend, ended with the victory of the American by a split decision, and Petr Yan lost a unanimous decision to Merab Dvalishvili two weeks earlier in five rounds.
The fight between Petr Yan and Marlon Vera could have taken place last year, but the Ecuadorian did not want to wait for the Russian for an extra two months, and in August he fought against Dominick Cruz, whom he knocked out in the fourth round, and the former UFC champion lost in October by a split decision to Sean O’Malley.