Pedro Munhoz has no problem taking on the biggest challenges in the bantamweight division. The Brazilian fighter has been eagerly waiting for a fight and he’s looking to return early 2020, preferably against a man many consider to be the toughest division matchup outside of the champ Henry Cejudo. Munhoz (18-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) would love to take on Peter Yan – a 26-year-old Russian fighter who’s unbeaten in the UFC and is coming off a knockout win over former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber at UFC 245. It’s believed that few want to take on Yan, and understandably so, but Munhoz pushes back against that idea. “I heard some interviews with Urijah Faber saying nobody wants to fight Petr Yan, but I have text right here to Sean Shelby (UFC matchmaker) back-and-forth and for the last six seven months I’ve been asking for that fight,” Munhoz told MMA Junkie. “The idea that nobody in the division wants to fight him, that’s not true
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Pedro Munhoz challenges idea nobody wants to fight Petr Yan: ‘Just tell me the date’ – MMA Junkie