“I think that [our trilogy] is going to be no less exciting of a fight,” Yan told MMA Fighting. “I think it’s going to be just as exciting. And I think this time around, I want to prove myself and also to everybody else that [my first win] wasn’t a fluke, that there was a reason for that. And hopefully this time, it’s going to be a knockout.”
“To be honest, I’ve been watching the division and nothing really impresses me because yeah, some people are winning, some people are losing, but let’s say Song (Yadong) and Umar (Nurmagomedov): Song knocked out Umar, but I’ve beaten Song already,” Yan said. “So there’s really not all that much that I’m impressed with. Same kind of people swirling around, so I’m happy to come out and fight everybody and beat everybody.”