There are a lot of fascinating prospective matchups on the horizon in the UFC’s bantamweight division, especially after UFC 245.
Add Petr Yan vs. Cody Garbrandt to the list of fights that could garner attention as time progresses.
After Yan (14-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) defeated his teammate Urijah Faber at UFC 245, former bantamweight champ Garbrandt (11-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) went face-to-face with the Russian backstage at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The verbal altercation was caught on camera by Yan’s manager, Sayat Abdrakhmanov, who posted the video to Instagram shortly thereafter.
Check out the video of the bantamweight contenders being separated in the video below:
The video was part of an Instagram slideshow. The second slide showed Garbrandt standing in the crowd shortly after Yan finished his friend and Team Alpha Male training partner. The third frame was a screenshot of an alleged text comment Garbrandt wrote.
Garbrandt is currently scheduled to fight Raphael Assuncao at UFC Columbus on March 28.
Yan’s bantamweight win over Faber opened up the UFC 245 main card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.
