With Francis Marshall, which is created from a fight with Prospect Austin Bashi on UFC Vegas 108, it is John Yannis who comes in as the discount on the Korte-Notice. The Fight Night Card has been hit hard by an injury and loses half of the main event because Hyun Sung Park has replaced Amir Albazi against Tatsuro Taira.
John “Angel” Yannis
Stand on five feet seven
Fighting on 145 pounds (featherweight)
31 years old
Fighting from Floydada, Texas, USA
Train from
A pro-record of 9-3
5 KO/TKOS
John Yannis is an honest addition to the UFC schedule for a short-note opportunity. The 31-year-old has been ahead of the regional theater for years, mainly in Fury FC, where he is dealing with solid competition. His losses have come against two respected regional talents and one current UFC hunter. Yannis recently put together a three-fighter win streak, covered by winning the Fury FC Bantamweight title with a victory over former UFC hunter Nick Aguirre.
Yannis’s style is simple: he thrives in the bag and prefers a boxing-heavy approach. Although he will occasionally throw kicks out of the reach, his game is built around exchanges nearby. He drops his head from left to right and effectively works high-low combinations, shots and shoots back with compact, clean punches. However, the same head movement makes him susceptible to knees and main kicks in MMA, and his predictable combinations make him vulnerable to more technical strikers. He often stays in the bag for too long and absorbs unnecessary damage. That is something that cost him in the Cam Smotherman, where he chose to act with the faster man and pay for it. Yannis has fallen earlier, but he is sustainable and confident in his chin and strength and often wins fights due to wear.
Defensively he is not easy to store; His lonely finish loss came through entry – but it is not impossible to check. Opponents have been successful in bringing him down, although Yannis usually does well in the first scramble, with the help of underhooks and circling to stay upright. The bigger problem is that he often gives up his back during transitions. Although he usually defends the choke well, fights wrists and uses two-on-ons to escape, he loses valuable control time. Only Gabriel Wanderley, a competent entry artist, was able to finish him on the mat.
At the UFC level, especially in a stacked bantam weight division, the game of Yannis is limited. His grit, toughness and power are commendable, but he lacks the depths and layers needed to consistently succeed at this level. He often fights thin margins, which leaves little room for mistakes.
How Yannis corresponds to Bashi
Bashi was short of his UFC Debut, but opposite someone who is as competent as Christian Rodriguez was a tough assignment. In this matchup, Bashi will almost certainly rely on his wrestling – and that causes problems for Yannis. Bashi is a strong chain wrestler, that is exactly where Yannis tends to struggle. To have Yannis a chance, he must turn this into a grim, chaotic fight. The problem is that Bashi is too athletic and is too fundamentally healthy in his wrestling to make that happen. His pressure and wrestling must be sufficient to arrange the pace and secure the victory.
#UFC #John #Yannis