Petr Yan implores the UFC to disregard politics and allow him to fight on UFC White House event

Since then, the Russian striker has been talking about making his return, but he first had to undergo back surgery.

And having now recovered almost fully from his surgery, Petr Yan is once again targeting the UFC White House event to make his return.

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Petr Yan tells the UFC to show goodwill and disregard politics

Earlier this year, the aforementioned Dvalishvili seemingly leaked that Russian fighters are banned from competing on the historic event.

Despite that, the 33-year-old bantamweight champion has implored the promotion to disregard any potential politics that may see Russian fighters unable to compete on the event.

“I haven’t heard a definite regarding UFC fighters, but the UFC is a huge international organization with fighters from all over the world,” Yan told the Ariel Helwani show.

“I think that, if anything, this would be an incredible gesture of goodwill, to show that sports, after all, are outside of politics.”

In fact, Yan is hoping that after competing on the South Lawn of the White House, he might be able to convince the UFC of allowing him to fight at the Red Square in Moscow.

“The goal is, first, we take the White House. Then we’ll do a huge event in the Red Square.”

Who will Petr Yan fight next?

Former UFC champion Sean O’Malley has been hoping that he can jump over the pack at 135lbs by fighting Yan next.

However, that is extremely unlikely to happen as according to Dvalishvili, he has been promised a title fight in his return to the Octagon.

“Right after our fight, the UFC called me and told me in person and said, just take your time, as much as you want, recover, and you’re fighting for sure, just let us know when you want to come back,” the Georgian told The Ariel Helwani show this past Monday.

Yan stated that if he isn’t able to compete at the White House, he would like to defend his title in either July or August.