“WE WON,” Aljamain Sterling shares a sincere story of how his mother made it to UFC 273 live in his title fight rematch
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Aljamain Sterling & his mother
UFC Bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling is one to be proud of what he has achieved in his career so far, and now he can say he also earned the biggest moment of his profession without any controversy, to be the UFC champion of his division. Sterling, who settled all controversies and shut all doubters up with his razor-close yet significant split decision victory against preceding bantamweight champion Petr Yan in a title fight rematch at UFC 273, has been on the biggest parade to troll his trolls on the internet.
Sterling and Yan first fought back in March 2021 at UFC 259 when Yan landed a disqualified knee to the grounded Sterling making Sterling the new champion via disqualification. Ever since then, Sterling knew he had a mission to prove that he can earn what he was handed and after overcoming a career-threatening injury with a successful recovery, Sterling edged Yan in the rematch using his superior skills in the grappling aspect of the sport of MMA.
Aljamain Sterling managed to get his mother to his fight only 2 days before UFC 273
Amongst all the tweets on Twitter targeting haters/trolls that doubted him and mocked him for allegedly being an inferior fighter to Yan, Sterling took time to write something for his biggest supporter, his mother, and post a picture of them hugging it out in a post-fight scene.
“First time having my mom to any fight. She calls me right before I start a 9.5 lb weight cut, on Thursday night to see if I could bring her out. HANgrily I didnt didn’t want to be bothered by anyone but I somehow managed to get her out to the biggest moment of my career. WE WON [heart emoji]“ Sterling wrote in the caption.
What do you make of this little story time from Sterling arranging for his mother’s presence for his fight and making her proud? Who do you think should Sterling fight next? Sterling has called out former 2-time UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw for his next title defence while Yan has called for a trilogy fight against Sterling. Either way, both Dillashaw and Yan are fighters with similar styles of fighting, that of dominating on feet with a flurry of versatile combinations.
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