Aljamain Sterling vs Petr Yan - Post fight thoughts - Obviously this is a fight ending position

Can't believe one of the judge had Sterling .

 

Yeah one judge had Sterling up 2 rds to 1 going into the 4th apparently. That is absolutely insane imo. I had Yan winning every rd as he was stuffing all the constant Sterling takedown attempts and must have actually taken down/tripped Sterling down a good 7 or 8 times and he also dropped him with strikes at least once from memory. Sterling was trying hard and trying to force the action with a high pace but he was completely ineffective the only guy doing quality work was Yan. Absolutely incompetent judge having Sterling ahead. Ridiculous.

 

I hope Sterling wins the rematch. Yan and his fans have been acting like right dickheads about this.

 

It was a shame as i was enjoying the fight up to that point and it would have likely ended up being fight of night.
Yan was up 2-1 and it seemed clear he was taking over as aljo was tiring from the pace from early on and Yan getting the warning just before it made it more inexcusable and 1 of the biggest brain explosions in a big fight ive seen.
I actually saw in the rbr thread and online people trying to say he milked it but aljo did nothing wrong as it was a clear foul that landed flush.
I definitely favour yan when they do rematch and i can still see him having a long reign once he does get the belt back even if/when Cejudo returns.

 

Yans was pretty deliberate but yeah agree its a silly rule especially when the other fighter abuses the rule by barely touching the ground to negate the position

 

I couldn't agree more with your assessment. Sterling looked like an amateur, ineffectively flailing away while Yan abused him, and not surprisingly, the coward AJ is trying to avoid the rematch.