Petr Yan

UFC president Dana White has claimed that the judges "blew" the final decision after Sterling was crowned bantamweight champion, with White scoring the ...

Yan began the fight on the front foot but was overly keen in his attack as he headbutted Sterling who struggled with the early pace. White has confirmed he had Yan in a narrow lead on his scorecard, but a rematch will be there for the Russian in the future. The pair had previously shared the octagon last year at UFC 259 with the fight ultimately ended early after Yan was disqualified for an illegal knee after having controlled the large majority of proceedings.

When Aljamain Sterling defeated Petr Yan, the undisputed king of the bantamweight division, in the co-main event of UFC 273, he put his doubters to rest.

Mаny MMA fаns believe he should’ve won rounds one, four, аnd five аnd wаlked аwаy with the undisputed title аround his wаist. The third round followed the sаme pаttern. Sterling snаtched Yаn’s bаck with а double-leg. Yаn ended the interview by stаting thаt а third fight is required. The first round got off to а slow stаrt, аs both men were cаutious during the feel-out period. He can’t seem to stay out of the limelight, though. Yan lost his title due to a disqualification after landing an illegal knee to a downed Sterling during their first fight at UFC 259, despite completely dominating the fight up to that point.

Dana White believes Petr Yan should have been awarded a decision victory over Aljamain Sterling at UFC 273.

He beat my ass in that fourth and fifth round but this is what the fight game is all about.” People wrote me off after my last performance but I told you guys that was a big hiccup,” Sterling said. Listen that fight’s going to be there, Petr Yan is one of the baddest dudes in that division. “I thought the judges blew that one. I had it 3-2 the other way. “No, I think you do…

The bantamweight title unification bout between champ Aljamain Sterling and interim titleholder Petr Yan in the UFC 273 co-main event ended in a split ...

Two of the judges scored the first round for Sterling giving him the split decision victory. The first fight between Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan ended in controversy after Yan delivered an illegal knee that rendered Sterling unable to continue at UFC 259 in March 2021. Yan clearly won rounds 4 and 5.

Get all the reactions and highlights of Aljamain Sterling's victory over Petr Yan in their bantamweight title fight at UFC 273.

The 32-year-old called out former champ T.J. Dillashaw in his post-fight Octagon interview, while Yan remained certain that he had won, and called for a rematch. But Sterling held on to edge out a very close split-decision victory. The fight was a much different affair to the duo’s previous outing over a year ago, with Sterling dominating Yan on the ground for much of the fight.

April 10, (THEWILL) – Aljamain Sterling defeated Petr Yan in the co-main event of UFC 273 in Jacksonville, Florida, to make it undoubtedly clear that he ...

In the fourth round, the interim champion bounced back. In the third round, Sterling was able to reclaim his favoured position. Sterling made it obvious in the rematch that he wanted to fight at a slower tempo after gassing in the first bout.

Dana White believes Petr Yan did enough to beat Aljamain Sterling in the bantamweight championship co-main event of UFC 273 on Saturday.

“Petr Yan is one of the baddest dudes in that division. It’s likely that Yan will have to wait for a third shot at Sterling, especially considering the depth of the 135-pound roster. Sterling was victorious over rival Petr Yan on Saturday in their rematch at UFC 273 in Jacksonville, Fla., earning a split decision nod after five competitive rounds to unify his undisputed bantamweight title with Yan’s interim title.

The highly anticipated rematch came after Sterling received the UFC bantamweight championship by defeating Petr Yan by disqualification last year. The victory ...

It was clear that Sterling won rounds two and three, with Yan taking rounds four and five. In the meantime, Yan faced and defeated Cory Sandhagen for the interim bantamweight championship, which set up last night’s rematch with Sterling. UFC 273 saw Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling close the door momentarily on their ongoing rivalry.

Petr Yan believes another fight with Aljamain Sterling is necessary after suffering a close decision loss at UFC 273 on Saturday.

I want a rematch.” “I won this fight,” Yan said via a Russian translator. In the co-main event of UFC 273 on Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla., Sterling defeated Yan by split decision to unify his undisputed title with Yan’s interim title.

After five hard-fought rounds, Aljamain Sterling was able to get the job done at UFC 273 and retain the UFC bantamweight title with a decision win over Petr ...

“That fight (between Sterling and Yan is) gonna be there. I guess it’s all on however you scored that first round,” White told reporters. But if you ask Dana White, “No Mercy” should’ve gotten the nod.

UFC's president has weighed in on Sterling's hotly contested split decision win over Yan last night ... and he's not impressed with the Florida judges.

“Listen, that [third Sterling-Yan] fight’s gonna be there,” White said. “I think I won three rounds out of five.” - UFC 273 Event T-Shirt “I thought that the judges blew that one,” White said. Sometimes you can tell who won a close UFC fight decision before the announcement is made. With little of significance happening in that round, it’s hard to blame them for that.

UFC president Dana White was not happy with the judges' decision on the Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan fight at UFC 273.

The controversial decision had fans in a bit of a stir as well. “I think I won three rounds out of five. I had it 3-2 the other way.”

There was some controversy surrounding the result of the bantamweight unification title fight, but Sterling emerged victorious in his triumphant return to ...

This was her first time watching her son in the UFC, and she picked a perfect night to attend. “I’m blessed to be back here doing what I love and chasing my dream. It teaches you about adversity and a lot about life, how to adjust perspective and grinding it out. “She actually called me Thursday night right before I was about to start my weight cut to say she wanted to come,” Sterling said. Naturally, when it comes to Sterling and Yan, there was still a modicum of controversy involved in the decision. I thought I had a 10-8 round in the second and possibly the third. I’m glad I was able to get it done in those first three rounds.” Thankfully, the nerves started to reconnect, and I finally started to have some gains.” I felt so safe on the ground defensively that I let him back into the fight, but I was able to persevere through the fourth and fifth.” “It is what is what is, but I just wish we could get some clarity from the judges so we, as athletes, would know what we need to do better. “If I stopped shooting, it would have been an open season for him to turn this into a striking match and stand up and trade. But I trusted my doctors and put the brakes on my training.