Aljamain Sterling is riding high on confidence after his victory against Petr Yan in the main event of UFC 273. He took the Bantamweight belt home via a split decision victory. He showcased his world-class grappling skills in the 2nd and the 3rd round when he was able to take Petr down and keep him there for the majority of the rounds.
Recently Aljamain returned to his gym Serra-Longo fight team which is based in Long Island New York. Everyone in the gym was seen cheering for the Bantamweight champion after he successfully defended his title for the very first time. His coach was quoted saying “Petr Yan was not the boogeyman everybody thought he was, here is the real boogeyman (pointing toward Aljamain Sterling).” In the post-fight conference, Aljamain said he is going to take some well-deserved time off before preparing to get back in the octagon.
Aljamain Sterling reacts to Dana White ‘throwing dirt on my name’ scoring in favor of Petr Yan at UFC 273
Aljmain Sterling was not happy when he came to know that UFC president Dana White scored the fight in favor of Petr Yan. Dana White in the post-fight conference said he thought Yan won the 1st, 4th, and the 5th round. Dana was quoted as saying “The judges messed up that one.”.
Sterling in an interview given to BJPenn.com said, “Dana’s always going to be throwing dirt on my name, that’s just what he does. I think he has Yan rated so highly, he’s such a dangerous guy, and to have the grappler do that to him, he was shocked, especially after the first fight because he probably thought I had no chance in hell of winning that fight either.”
Even the fans and the critics had different opinions about the scoring. This is just one of the scenarios where we have to accept what happened and move on.
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