UFC 273 crashed on Saturday night. Capturing Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling was victorious after a five-round battle. Aljamain entered this fight as a heavy underdog and silenced many UFC fans and critics.
Aljamain won the first three rounds according to the scorecards of the two judges. Aljamain said at the post-fight press conference: “I hold myself to really high standards and I know I can do so much more than that.”
Many fans and critics, including the UFC president Veal White Petr Yan had won the fight as they thought Yan had easily won rounds one, four and five. Aljamain Sterling successfully defeated Petr Yan in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. While he couldn’t deliver Petr on his back, he truly showed that he is a world-class jiu-jitsu blackbelt.
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“If he wants to go 3-0 against me” – Aljamain Sterling open to trilogy challenge against Petr Yan
Aljamain Sterling called TJ Dillashaw right after winning the title. When asked if a 3rd fight with Petr Yan was possible at the post-fight press conference, he replied. “One hundred percent if he wants to go 3-0 to me.” He admitted that there are a few exciting matches to be made against the likes of the following in the smallweight division. tj dillashaw and Henry Cejudo. Despite saying that her preferred opponent would be TJ Dillashaw, because she was excited about the stylistic pairing between them.
He doesn’t think TJ will survive a five-round fight against him the way Petr Yan does. After hearing the news that Henry Cejudo had entered the USADA testing pool, Sterling admitted that he would be interested in this matchup as Henry had great hands and an even better wrestling game. He said this about Henry Cejudo. He stated, “If the puppet wants to come back and triple C wants to be demoted to double C, we can do it.”
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