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The Pulse of MMA: Fans React To Sterling vs. Yan II Booked For UFC 272

The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories

In this installment of The Pulse of MMA, we look at the raw, unfiltered reactions from MMA fans to the booking of Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan II.

Aljamain Sterling & Petr…

Aljamain Sterling, Petr Yan

The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories

In this installment of The Pulse of MMA, we look at the raw, unfiltered reactions from MMA fans to the booking of Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan II.

Aljamain Sterling & Petr Yan To Unify Belts At UFC 272

Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling Face-Off
Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling Face-Off, Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

It was revealed Wednesday that Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan will finally have their long-awaited rematch after their controversial first bout at UFC 259 last February. Sterling won the bantamweight championship after Yan landed an illegal knee in what was the most controversial endings to any fight, let alone title fight, in UFC history.

The trash talk has never stopped since that fight, which means it has been ongoing for the past 11 months. As recently as this week, Sterling doubled down on his belief that Yan uses performance-enhancing drugs, and Yan has continued to fire back at Sterling on social media.

But now that their rematch is set, what did the rest of social media have to say about the sequel being official? You can get the raw reactions from The Pulse of MMA down below!

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Volkanovski-Holloway III & Sterling-Yan II Set For UFC 272

UFC 272UFC 272 will headline two of the sports biggest championship rivalries in the sport as Alexander Volkanovski will defend his title once again against Max Holloway. Aljamain Sterling will also defend his championship for the first time against interim champion Petr Yan. The fights were first reported by Brett Okamoto at ESPN. UFC 272 IS […]

UFC 272

UFC 272 will headline two of the sports biggest championship rivalries in the sport as Alexander Volkanovski will defend his title once again against Max Holloway. Aljamain Sterling will also defend his championship for the first time against interim champion Petr Yan.

The fights were first reported by Brett Okamoto at ESPN.

UFC 272 IS STACKED!

The trilogy fight between Max Holloway and Alexander Volkanovski has major implications on both the division and Holloway’s featherweight legacy. If Holloway loses a third straight time to Volkanovski, a move to lightweight may be in the cards for Holloway. If Holloway wins this fight, we may be looking at a fourth fight between the two in the future.

The last time the two fighters met was at UFC 251 where Volkanovski defended his title for the first time since taking it from Holloway. Volkanovski narrowly beat Holloway by split decision in a razor close fight. Since that fight, Holloway has won two straight against Yair Rodriguez and Calvin Kattar. ‘Blessed’ won both of those fights via unanimous decision and put on a show in both of those fights.

Volkanovski defended his title once in 2021 against Brian Ortega in a fight he dominated almost every minute of. Needless to say, Volkanovski won that fight via unanimous decision.

Sterling won in their first fight via disqualification due to an illegal knee from Yan. Sterling hasn’t fought since then due to injuries he sustained to his neck that required surgery. The two were supposed to meet at UFC 267, but Sterling had to pull out due to the fact that he wasn’t fully healed from the surgery.

Corey Sandhagen stepped in for Sterling in an interim title fight against Yan. Yan bested Sandhagen via unanimous decision and looks to regain his title at UFC 272. Sterling is looking to stun a lot of naysayers that believe he doesn’t deserve the title, while Yan is looking to back up his trash talk and defeat his rival.

Are you excited for these two rematches?

Aljamain Sterling & Petr Yan To Unify Belts At UFC 272

The UFC Bantamweight Championship will be unified later this year, as current champ Aljamain Sterling will meet interim titleholder Petr Yan at UFC 272.

The fight is set to happen on March 5th, as confirmed by Brett Okamoto of ESPN on Wednesday. It…

Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling

The UFC Bantamweight Championship will be unified later this year, as current champ Aljamain Sterling will meet interim titleholder Petr Yan at UFC 272.

The fight is set to happen on March 5th, as confirmed by Brett Okamoto of ESPN on Wednesday. It joins a card that is currently set to happen at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, which will also feature the featherweight championship trilogy between Alex Volkanovski(c) and Max Holloway.

The matchup gives Yan the chance to reclaim the undisputed bantamweight title. But on the other side, it gives Sterling the opportunity to get another win and override his most controversial victory yet.

Sterling became champion in March 2021 as a fourth-round illegal knee landed by Yan disqualified him from their title fight. This result caused the belt to change hands and gave Yan his first loss since joining the UFC.

While Sterling’s title win in 2021 was controversial, it came after a respected run up the bantamweight rankings. He picked up five consecutive wins from 2018 to 2020, including two submission victories.

He has yet to compete since he earned the belt in the first quarter of 2021.

Sterling Suffers Injury, Yan Earns Interim Belt In Late 2021

Petr Yan Aljamain Sterling
Photos via Instagram @espnmma @petr_yan

UFC has attempted to re-book the fight in two different instances, although it has fallen off a card for various reasons. A previous iteration of the bout lined it up to take place on UFC 267 in October. That fight was later scrapped due to Sterling suffering health complications following neck surgery.

Yan still competed on that card, using the opportunity to further solidify himself as the rightful challenger for Sterling’s belt. He went five rounds against Cory Sandhagen at that event, defeating him via decision to become the interim UFC bantamweight champion.

A win for Yan would begin his second title reign as bantamweight champ. His first run started in 2020 after he defeated former featherweight champion José Aldo.

Now that they are booked to meet again, who do you see as the winner?

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Aljamain Sterling Clarifies PED Accusation Against Petr Yan

UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling has continued his trolling of Petr Yan, even when he’s clarifying remarks he made before.

Last month, Sterling made a seemingly baseless claim that Yan uses performance-enhancing drugs on social media. He…

Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling

UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling has continued his trolling of Petr Yan, even when he’s clarifying remarks he made before.

Last month, Sterling made a seemingly baseless claim that Yan uses performance-enhancing drugs on social media. He has since received backlash for those comments, with some believing he’s only digging himself a deeper hole with replies he makes.

On December 26th, Sterling made a post that was a parody conversation between him and “Russians.” This mock conversation saw him imply the Russian he was talking to was cheating, with the Russian replying “I know but c’mon, dude. You know what’s up already.”

After the post received backlash, Sterling made a post to clarify that his sights aren’t actually set on Russians. Instead, it’s still on Yan only.

“For the record, I do not think every Russian fighter or athlete cheats. Just like every American, Brazilian, Chinese, or any other nationality of athletes, you have the clean and dirty ones,” said Sterling via Twitter. He then used a play on words to imply Yan cheats, saying “Personally I think Cheotr Yan is a dirty cheat. Maybe I’m wrong but I highly doubt it.”

Sterling Destined To Cross Paths With Yan Again

Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling Face-Off
Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling Face-Off, Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

Sterling became the UFC Bantamweight Champion last year after defeating Yan. The fight ended in a controversial fashion, as Yan disqualified himself with a knee to Sterling’s head while he was deemed a grounded opponent.

Yan has since returned and defeated Cory Sandhagen to become the interim UFC Bantamweight Champion. His interim title status lines him up to face Sterling in a title unification belt sometime down the line. For now, though, it isn’t known when that fight will actually happen if it is in fact what’s next for the top of the bantamweight division.

Do you think Aljamain Sterling genuinely believes Petr Yan is a cheater? Or do you think he is just trying to get in the head of the interim champ and his fans?

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Aljamain Sterling Clarifies PED Accusation Against Petr Yan

UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling has continued his trolling of Petr Yan, even when he’s clarifying remarks he made before.

Last month, Sterling made a seemingly baseless claim that Yan uses performance-enhancing drugs on social media. He…

Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling

UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling has continued his trolling of Petr Yan, even when he’s clarifying remarks he made before.

Last month, Sterling made a seemingly baseless claim that Yan uses performance-enhancing drugs on social media. He has since received backlash for those comments, with some believing he’s only digging himself a deeper hole with replies he makes.

On December 26th, Sterling made a post that was a parody conversation between him and “Russians.” This mock conversation saw him imply the Russian he was talking to was cheating, with the Russian replying “I know but c’mon, dude. You know what’s up already.”

After the post received backlash, Sterling made a post to clarify that his sights aren’t actually set on Russians. Instead, it’s still on Yan only.

“For the record, I do not think every Russian fighter or athlete cheats. Just like every American, Brazilian, Chinese, or any other nationality of athletes, you have the clean and dirty ones,” said Sterling via Twitter. He then used a play on words to imply Yan cheats, saying “Personally I think Cheotr Yan is a dirty cheat. Maybe I’m wrong but I highly doubt it.”

Sterling Destined To Cross Paths With Yan Again

Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling Face-Off
Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling Face-Off, Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

Sterling became the UFC Bantamweight Champion last year after defeating Yan. The fight ended in a controversial fashion, as Yan disqualified himself with a knee to Sterling’s head while he was deemed a grounded opponent.

Yan has since returned and defeated Cory Sandhagen to become the interim UFC Bantamweight Champion. His interim title status lines him up to face Sterling in a title unification belt sometime down the line. For now, though, it isn’t known when that fight will actually happen if it is in fact what’s next for the top of the bantamweight division.

Do you think Aljamain Sterling genuinely believes Petr Yan is a cheater? Or do you think he is just trying to get in the head of the interim champ and his fans?

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Aljamain Sterling Responds To Petr Yan: ‘I Can’t Wait To F*ck You Up, Dirty Rat’

Aljmain SterlingReigning UFC bantamweight champion, Aljamain Sterling has claimed that he cannot wait to “f*ck up” interim gold holder, Petr Yan in the pair’s expected rematch next year, labelling the Dudinka native a “dirty rat”. Sterling, who became the first champion in the promotion’s history to win the belt courtesy of a disqualification, after then-titleholder, Yan […]

Aljmain Sterling

Reigning UFC bantamweight champion, Aljamain Sterling has claimed that he cannot wait to “f*ck up” interim gold holder, Petr Yan in the pair’s expected rematch next year, labelling the Dudinka native a “dirty rat”.

Sterling, who became the first champion in the promotion’s history to win the belt courtesy of a disqualification, after then-titleholder, Yan landed a fourth round illegal knee back in March in his first championship defense.

In the time since, Uniondale native, Sterling has undergone neck surgery to address a lingering injury dating back to his amateur wrestling days, however, failed to obtain medical clearance to return in October against Yan, as he deals with persistent nerve issues and muscle loss. 

As a result, Yan remained on the UFC 267 card on ‘Fight Island’ – winning an interim bantamweight championship after landing a unanimous decision win against common-opposition, Cory Sandhagen.

Sterling, a staple of Serra-Longo Fight Team, recently confirmed that he expects to return toward the end of the opening quarter of next year, however, an expected championship rematch unification bout with Yan has so far failed to come to fruition. 

Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan continue to verbally spar ahead of an expected 2022 rematch

Posting about Sterling yesterday, Yan, who referred to the champion as both “Alja” and his “b*tch” maintained he would finish the New York native in impressive fashion next time round.

“Friendly reminder that Alja (Aljamain Sterling) is my b*tch,” Petr Yan tweeted. “This time I will destroy this little whiner even more impressive.”

Responding to Yan, Sterling claimed that he was itching for the opportunity to fight him once more, before calling the Russian striker a “rat”.

“Yea, f*ck that Alja guy,” Aljamain Sterling tweeted. “He sucks. Aljo, on the other hand – yea, he can’t wait to f*ck you up. Dirty rat.”

Sterling’s Match title-winning victory over Yan came as his sixth straight win, following prior successes against Cory Sandhagen, Pedro Munhoz, Jimmie Rivera, Cody Stamann, and Brett Johns.

The UFC 259 disqualification loss for Yan came as his first promotional defeat following his arrival from ACB back in June 2018.