“Almost go time”- Aljamain Sterling jibes at Petr Yan as he poses with “MMA Rulebook 4 dummies” ahead of the title fight at UFC 273
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Petr Yan- Aljamain Sterling
In case you don’t know the rules of MMA, make note that UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling is looking forward to teaching his rival, Petr Yan those rules and you acknowledge to some of them as well. Sterling, who is the undisputed bantamweight champion at UFC, is going to defend his title in a rematch against the preceding undisputed champion and now the interim-bantamweight champion Yan at UFC 273, which takes place on April 9, 2022, at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida, the USA.
Sterling and Yan first fought back in March 2021 at UFC 259, when Yan was the undisputed champion and Sterling was the #1 contender for the belt. Initially, while Sterling was executing the gameplan well over Yan, the latter took over the former in the later rounds with much cleaner shots against Sterling’s voluminous but touching punches. Also, besides being a standup fighter, Yan also secured multiple takedowns as well. It was in the fourth round when Yan landed a knee to the head of a grounded Sterling, which is illegal. Unable to continue, Sterling became the undisputed champion due to disqualification by Yan’s move.
Aljamain Sterling packs his “essentials” as he reminds Petr Yan of the disqualification move from the first fight
Sterling is now returning to the Octagon after an year as he overcame a major medical issue of an injured neck suffered from years of highschool wrestling by getting the necessary surgery done. Meanwhile, Yan had to defeat Cory Sandhagen to become the interim-UFC bantamweight champion back in October 2021 at UFC 267.
Coming into the fight week of UFC 273, Sterling posted a picture on his official Twitter handle of him with a notebook with a slip stuck on the cover that says “MMA Rulebook 4 Dummies” and in the caption he wrote “Almost go time! Getting all my essentials packed! #UFC273“
What do you make of Sterling reminding Yan of his silliness in the last time these two fought? Who do you think takes the rematch, does Yan will get the job done fairly or will Sterling will defend the belt successfully and prove his haters wrong? Although Yan seems to be the much superior fighter due to his exceptional standup abilities, Sterling’s grappling skills are still a nightmare to beware of and it would be interesting to see how Sterling would make the changes to adapt to the challenges he faced in the later rounds of the first fight.
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