Former UFC champion Petr Yan has gifted his coach John Hutchinson his dream vehicle; a pick-up truck, in a surprise ceremony outside their gym.
The Russian fighter, along with ONE FC's interim heavyweight champion Anatoly Malykhin, presented Hutchinson with the new motor at Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket this week, with crypto company blockasset assisting in the purchase. The Irishman, who goes by 'John Boy', was in the corner for Yan's first title win over Jose Aldo in 2020 after working with him for years.
A former boxer, Hutchinson moved to Thailand to train in the mid 2010s, and began working as a pad man for MMA fighters at the famed Muay Thai gym. However, he struck up a close relationship with Yan and a number of others, who began referring to him as "coach" with their minimal English, eventually adopting him as such for their fights.
