Pavel Durov reacted to Peter Yan's victory in the UFC title fight

On December 7, Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messenger, expressed his joy over the victory of Russian Peter Yan over Georgian Merab Dvalishvili at the UFC tournament.

"I'm glad to see my gym buddy winning the UFC title," Durov wrote on his page on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

He also attached a joint photo with the Russian athlete to the post.

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Yang won a duel with Dvalishvili earlier in the day and won the title of the champion of the Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) in the light heavyweight division. The victory was awarded to the athlete by unanimous decision of the judges with scores of 49-46, 49-46, 48-47. He also said that the UFC league had completely changed his life, and he addressed his fans and sent greetings to Russia, his family, wife, children and mother, declaring his love to them.

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