Aljamain Sterling defeated Petr Yan via disqualification at UFC 259. On Twitter, pros reacted to the result
In rather unpredictable fashion, UFC 259 saw a new bantamweight champion emerge. In the fourth round, Petr Yan hit Aljamain Sterling with an illegal knee and lost his title via disqualification. On Twitter, professional fighters commented on the unusual result.
Pumpeddddddddd I really hope sterling wins!!! #UFC259
— BriannaTheBull (@briannathebull) March 7, 2021
Dis gon b gooooooood. #UFC259 @funkmasterMMA
— Kevin Holland (@Trailblaze2top) March 7, 2021
Pressuuuuureeee from ALJO #UFC259
— Kay Hansen (@KayHansenMMA) March 7, 2021
Aljo is on that so far #UFC259
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) March 7, 2021
Exhausting high pace by these two good fight #UFC259
— Charles Rosa (@CharlesRosaMMA) March 7, 2021
Crazy!! This first round already delivered! @ufc #UFC259
— Ciryl Gane (@ciryl_gane) March 7, 2021
Ok pressure from Aljo is good. I’d like to see a little more precision from Aljo because I feel like he could be open for a big shot from Yan if he gets too sloppy. #UFC259
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) March 7, 2021
What a fight !!!
— Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) March 7, 2021
Love watching these title fights. One in particular…
as I’ve just been informed that #HollyHolm is injured and has pulled from our scheduled bout May 8. I wish her a full recovery #ufc259— Julianna Peña (@VenezuelanVixen) March 7, 2021
So I’m watching #UFC259 and everyone there has been tested for #COVID19 ? And negative… but they still have to wear mask?
— Tito Ortiz (@titoortiz) March 7, 2021
Very evenly matched here , amazing fight !!! #UFC259
— Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) March 7, 2021
This fight is living up to the hype
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) March 7, 2021
Yan seems to have the body of the fight in his control. Aljo might have to start thinking about finding something big! #UFC259
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) March 7, 2021
Them Russians minds don’t break. So composed. Maybe Yan isn’t Russian but close enough
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) March 7, 2021
Is he gonna take it?!?
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) March 7, 2021
Ohhhh snap…..illegal knee 100%!!
— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) March 7, 2021
That shadow head kick from Aljo was nice and then there is a knee to the head on a grounded opponent ??? #UFC259
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) March 7, 2021
Heres the thing you cant stall the fight by sitting on your knees. Knees to a grounded opponent should be allowed!
— Demetrious Johnson (@MightyMouse) March 7, 2021
Aljo FTW
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) March 7, 2021
Aljo is tough as nails….man….this is crazy #UFC259
— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) March 7, 2021
Wow interesting how this plays out
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) March 7, 2021
He better not take that belt with him…
— Cody Garbrandt (@Cody_Nolove) March 7, 2021
Bro. Nooooo. Not like this #UFC259
— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) March 7, 2021
I feel awful for Aljo. Nobody, nobody wants to win a fight like this. No way.
— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) March 7, 2021
Damn…
What a bummer!
Not a nice way to finish the fight!#UFC259— Herbert Burns (@HerbertBurnsMMA) March 7, 2021
Illegal as it gets #UFC259
— Max Griffin (@MaxPainGriffin) March 7, 2021
Told you virgins Cheater Pan couldn’t handle that Andrew Cuomo Pressure from @funkmastermma!!! #ufc259 #andnew
— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) March 7, 2021
Who the fuck would throw an illegal knee!!!!
— michael (@bisping) March 7, 2021
new york we always beat them russians
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) March 7, 2021
Ok that’s too much ???
— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) March 7, 2021
That was very illegal, it doesn’t get much worse than that. Yan was already flirting with danger by throwing those axe kicks when Aljo was down. The doctors made the right call, you can’t let the fighter make the decision to continue after taking a shot like that. #UFC259
— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) March 7, 2021
They have to run this back!!#UFC259
— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) March 7, 2021
Wow new champ #UFC259 at bantamweight .ok… pretty bad illegal knee
— Raphael Assuncao (@RaphaAssuncao) March 7, 2021
Why the fuck interview him, if he is so concussed ??
— Cody Garbrandt (@Cody_Nolove) March 7, 2021
Aljamain came in great shape, he fought forward every second of that fight, not his fault he got illegally kneed. Congratulations Champion, you did it
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021