A new star emerged on Saturday when Russian Petr Yan battered the legendary Jose Aldo and stopped him at 3:24 of the fifth round to win the vacant bantamweight championship in the first of three title fights at UFC 251 on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi
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But Yan kept up the pressure, mixed his attack and hurt Aldo with several of his strikes in a high-intensity bout in which both set personal bests for strikes landed. Roberts kept shouting at Aldo to fight back, but he was unable to do anything to slow the younger and more aggressive Yan from pounding on him. Aldo was bleeding for several facial cuts and wasn’t doing anything but absorbing punishment.
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