UFCLasVegas Beforemath: Will Dvalishvili End Yan’s Title Hopes? via BlaineHenryTFL
bantamweight division. Yan is looking to snap Dvalishvili’s eight-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili, on the other hand, will aim to hand Yan his third straight loss. With such a high-level matchup, today’s Beforemath will be a fun one. We are going to break down the path to victory for both Yan and Dvalishvili.Yan has seemingly fallen off a cliff. From looking almost invincible in his rise to going 1-3 in his last four, he has seen better days.
Let’s look at how Yan can win, though. The clinch is one of the best areas of Yan’s game and the relentless pursuit of grappling Dvalishvili brings to a fight can play right into Yan’s offensive skill set.in 2019, Yan put on a clinic in the clinch to ultimately set up the high kick that would put away Faber. In the first figure, we see Faber and Yan clinching up. Looking at Yan’s left hand, you can see he has wrist control on Faber.
With Dvalishvili practically refusing to take a step back, Yan will also have the opportunity for some of the cool sweeps he’s fond of. Yan is no stranger to fighting off the back foot, though he prefers forward pressure. He should eventually find himself being the aggressor once his body work and elbows from the clinch start to take their toll, but in the early stages of the fight, Dvalishvili will come forward with reckless abandon.
This fight is a must win for Yan. Going 1-4 in his last five would be a bad look on someone who looked rather invincible in his early UFC run. If he loses, one fateful knee to a grounded opponent would be seen as what did Yan in as one of the best fighters the bantamweight division has seen; any hopes of another title shot would be years away. At 30 years old, that’s essentially a 20-year prison sentence handed to a 76-year-old. It’s do-or-die come Saturday night.
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