Payton Talbott calls out Adrian Yanez after UFC 303 win

LAS VEGAS – Payton Talbott just isn’t afraid to name for the massive names, although he’s nonetheless early into his UFC profession.

The bantamweight prospect points a callout over a battle-tested Adrian Yanez following his newest victory this previous Saturday within the preliminary card of UFC 303. Talbott (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who stopped Yanis Ghemmouri (12-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) in simply 19 seconds, makes use of his post-fight interview within the cage to shoot his shot at one of many higher strikers of the division,

“Adrian Yañez, let’s see should you belong in that prime 20,” Talbott mentioned on the mic. “I do know I really feel I belong there, and I do know that’s a superb struggle for me.”

Later, talking with reporters on the UFC 303 post-fight press convention, Talbott defined why he had Yanez on his thoughts.

“I simply suppose that’s a dogfight,” Talbott mentioned. “I simply suppose that’s a troublesome struggle, and we’d placed on a extremely good present, and it will simply be fireworks. I respect the dude.”

So far as the efficiency, Talbott is popping many heads within the MMA group. He’s conscious of the hype he’s beginning to generate, and though the short end on Saturday fuled that, he does want the struggle would’ve gone longer.

“The whole lot is occurring superfast,” Talbott mentioned. “It’s sort of bittersweet. I sort of wished to get extra of that struggle than I did, however it’s all the time good to come back over ready.”

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