Billy Quarantillo: Guests Made Aljamain Sterling Celebrate In Post-Fight Party

SterlingContrary to popular opinion, Aljamain Sterling didn’t want to celebrate his disqualification win over Petr Yan. Sterling became the new bantamweight champion at UFC 259 last weekend after receiving an illegal knee from Yan in the fourth round of their title fight. The contest was eventually waved off with Yan getting disqualified while Sterling received […]

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Contrary to popular opinion, Aljamain Sterling didn’t want to celebrate his disqualification win over Petr Yan.

Sterling became the new bantamweight champion at UFC 259 last weekend after receiving an illegal knee from Yan in the fourth round of their title fight.

The contest was eventually waved off with Yan getting disqualified while Sterling received plenty of criticism for allegedly overacting following the knee.

More than anything, “Funk Master” was criticized for claiming he didn’t want to win the belt that way only for him to celebrate and pose with it later on in the night.

With regard to that, UFC featherweight Billy Quarantillo — who was one of the guests in Sterling’s post-fight party — claims the new champion didn’t want to celebrate at all.

instead, he was made to by his guests who felt he deserved it.

“All those memes and everything with him and the champagne and stuff, they made him do that,” Quarantillo told the Elite Sports Network podcast (via BJ Penn). “Like, (Sterling) didn’t want to do that. They’re like, ‘Yo, here’s the belt, take it, put it on, you fought for this forever.’ This wasn’t just this last fight, this was every UFC fight he’s had, every UFC win, going to every venue. It’s a lifetime that he’s celebrating.

“And of course, I know how UFC Twitter is with the memes and all that. But that was a thing they made him do. He wasn’t drinking, he had like one thing of champagne. He basically said let’s watch the fight again. Watched the fight and broke it down. As a fighter, that showed me where he’s at because he just wanted to break the fight down right away and get to work. I think in the rematch he’s going to be a totally different fighter.”

Whether his next fight is with Yan or somebody else remains to be seen.

What do you think of Sterling celebrating after the DQ win?

Billy Quarantillo Finds The Finish Against Kyle Nelson In Round Three

QuarantiloOpening the main card we have a Featherweight bout between Billy Quarantillo and Kyle Nelson. Round 1: Nelson opens aggressive landing a nice right hook before a high kick. The two continue to exchange on the feet. Nelson bursts forward forcing Quarantillo to clinch on the fence. Nelson reverses position. The two break and move […]

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Opening the main card we have a Featherweight bout between Billy Quarantillo and Kyle Nelson.

Round 1: Nelson opens aggressive landing a nice right hook before a high kick. The two continue to exchange on the feet. Nelson bursts forward forcing Quarantillo to clinch on the fence. Nelson reverses position. The two break and move back to the center before Quarantillo lands a big right hand. Nelson attempts to throw a right hook and eats a knee up the center. The pair clinch again against the fence. Nelson lands a heavy right hand. The two break once again. A high kick is blocked by Nelson. Quarantillo bursts forward with a combination that is blocked. Nelson fights a home for his straight right hand. A low kick almost takes Nelson off his feet. Quarantillo shoots in and secures a takedown. Nelson gets back to his feet threatening a guillotine. A groin strike in the clinch puts a pause to the action. The pair touch gloves and get back to it on the feet, Both fighters land heavy shots. Nelson lands a spinning back kick right before the bell sounds.

Round 2: The round opens with the pair exchanging shots and low kicks. A jab finds home for Nelson, he continues to land including some heavy body kicks. Quarantillo shoots his shot but bails on it before securing the takedown. Nelson continues to land up top forcing Quarantillo to shoot for another takedown. Nelson defends with the two ending up against the cage. Quarantillo lands an elbow in the clinch. He continues to aggressively pursue the takedown eventually securing it. Nelson quickly returns to the feet and the two exchange elbows in the clinch. Quarantillo lands a heavy knee as well as an elbow. The elbows continue as the pair remain clinched. Nelson gets some separation, however, Quarantillo continues to be aggressive coming forward and landing heavy shots. After taking damage Nelson shoots a takedown that is stuffed and sees Quarantillo end the round on top inside Nelson’s guard.

Round 3: Quarantillo opens the round with a one two that puts nelson to sleep and secures him the finish.

Official Result: Billy Quarantillo def. Kyle Nelson via KO (Right Cross) 0:07, R3

VIDEO | Billy Quarantillo Is Confident He Will Finish Kyle Nelson

Billy Quarantillo (14-2) chats to Jordan Ellis ahead of his featherweight fight against Kyle Nelson (13-3) at UFC Vegas 10 on September 12 – check it out. The card will be headlined by a strawweight fight between Michelle Waterson and Ange…

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Billy Quarantillo (14-2) chats to Jordan Ellis ahead of his featherweight fight against Kyle Nelson (13-3) at UFC Vegas 10 on September 12 – check it out. The card will be headlined by a strawweight fight between Michelle Waterson and Angela Hill.

Billy Quarantillo Edges Spike Carlyle In Crazy Fight – UFC Vegas Highlights

QuarantilloBilly Quarantillo got the victory in a crazy back-and-forth war with Spike Carlyle on the UFC Vegas main card. It looked like Quarantillo was in danger of getting finished early on by an aggressive and explosive Carlyle. However, he managed to survive and had his own moments where he looked like he would finish the […]

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Billy Quarantillo got the victory in a crazy back-and-forth war with Spike Carlyle on the UFC Vegas main card.

It looked like Quarantillo was in danger of getting finished early on by an aggressive and explosive Carlyle. However, he managed to survive and had his own moments where he looked like he would finish the fight with multiple triangle choke submission attempts.

In a fight that had scrambles, flurries and plenty of swinging, it was Quarantillo who ended up getting the unanimous decision verdict.

You can watch the highlights below:

What did you think of that fight? Did you agree with the decision?

Billy Quarantillo Bests Spike Carlyle In Back-And-Forth War – UFC Vegas Results

Quarantillo CarlyleNext up on the UFC Vegas main card is an exciting featherweight contest between Billy Quarantillo and Spike Carlyle. Round 1: Quarantillo goes for the takedown but receives big elbows from Carlyle. Carlyle has him stacked and lands big shots. Quarantillo tries to reverse but finds himself giving his back to Carlyle. He looks to […]

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Next up on the UFC Vegas main card is an exciting featherweight contest between Billy Quarantillo and Spike Carlyle.

Round 1: Quarantillo goes for the takedown but receives big elbows from Carlyle. Carlyle has him stacked and lands big shots. Quarantillo tries to reverse but finds himself giving his back to Carlyle. He looks to lock in the rear naked choke but decides to land huge ground and pound. Quarantillo reverses and is on top now. Carlyle turns and ends up on top and looks to land ground and pound again. Carlyle decides to stand up and go to his corner with seconds left in the round but gets dropped by Quarantillo from behind.

Round 2: Carlyle drops Quarantillo and they scramble yet again on the ground. Carlyle has his back and looks for the choke. Quarantillo eventually escapes and the fight returns to the feet. They clinch up as Quarantillo lands a big knee to the stomach before taking Carlyle down. Carlyle scrambles and gets up. The fight goes to the ground again and Quarantillo attempts two triangle chokes but Carlyle escapes both times as the round ends. This is a crazy fight!

Round 3: Quarantillo misses a superman punch. Carlyle takes him down but Quarantillo gets up and takes him down soon after. Carlyle seems a big gassed as Quarantillo starts to land some ground and pound. He looks to lock in a choke but the angle is off as Carlyle escapes. Carlyle finds himself giving Quarantillo his back again. They get up and Carlyle is clearly gassed as Quarantillo looks for the finish. Carlyle takes some shots but survives till the end.

Official result: Billy Quarantillo defeats Spike Carlyle via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).