INGLEWOOD, Calif. – After moving to 3-0 quickly into in his UFC career, bantamweight Petr Yan knows just who he wants next.

Yan (11-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), from Russia, stopped Douglas Silva de Andrade (25-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) with a second-round TKO this past Saturday at UFC 232 when de Andrade’s corner threw in the towel after taking plenty of punishment from Yan.

“I’m glad I won. I knew I could beat this guy,” Yan said through a translator after the fight at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. “I knew I just had to make him tired. I wasn’t surprised because if they wouldn’t stop it in the second, they’d have to stop it in the third.”

Now Yan wants a fight against John Lineker (31-8 MMA, 12-3 MMA), who has as many wins in the UFC (12) as Yan has overall pro fights.

Lineker, from Brazil, has won eight of his past nine fights. His only loss came to current bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw. But since returning to 135 pounds from flyweight, Lineker is 6-1 with two fight-night bonuses.

It would be a stiff test for Yan, but that’s what he wants.

“The next fight, I want to face Lineker – and maybe it’s going to be in Russia. I’m ready,” Yan said. “We had an exchange on Twitter, and I know he’s a dangerous fighter. He’s a fighter who can test me, and that’s why I want to fight him.”

For more from Yan, including why he walked out to the “Rocky” theme song, check out the video above.

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