From Siberia to UFC royalty.
Petr Yan stopped the legendary Jose Aldo by TKO at 3 minutes, 24 seconds of the fifth round Sunday morning in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to win the vacant UFC bantamweight title.
Yan, who was born in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, dropped Aldo with a combination early in the final round and then poured it on once on the ground.
Yan landed dozens of unanswered blows on the ground, leaving Aldo facedown in his own blood, before referee Leon Roberts stepped in to call it.