Ex-UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan has been slapped with sanctions by the Ukrainian parliament as one of a number of athletes who allegedly supported Russia's invasion.
The fighter, who recently suffered a controversial loss to Sean O'Malley in Abu Dhabi at UFC 280, is among 56 sportspeople approved for economic sanctions as part of a draft resolution made earlier this week. It remains to be seen what Yan has done to earn the sanctions, having previously posted a "no to war" image on Instagram.
Yan also told rival Aljamain Sterling he was attempting to politicise their rematch when he shared a photo of he and his team with the Ukraine flag. But he rarely gets political on his social media pages, and it doesn't appear that he has taken an outward stance on the conflict at UFC events.
