After arguably the most bizarre title change in UFC history, newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling gave his response to the MMA community on his podcast “The Weekly Scraps” following his DQ victory over Petr Yan at UFC 259.
While Yan clearly delivered an illegal knee to Sterling, who by definition was a grounded fighter, many MMA fans, commentators, and fighters criticized Sterling for embellishing his reaction to the knee.
Sterling addressed whether or not he felt like a true champion and also criticized Yan for his knowledge (or lack thereof) of the rules along with making the decision to knee him in that position altogether.
UFC 259: ‘Blachowicz vs Adesanya’ - 6th Round Post-Fight Show
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UFC 259: Aljamain Sterling Wins Bantamweight Title After Petr Yan Delivers Illegal Knee
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Aljamain Sterling is the new UFC bantamweight champion after a wild illegal knee from Petr Yan at UFC 259. The former champion had the advantage for a lot of the fight and it looked like it could go the distance until the fourth round. From there, Sterling was trying to hang on with some body shots. Before long, Yan gets the new champion to the ground and tries to land the final blow. However, that knee to a downed fighter’s head is illegal and the match is stopped. After a moment of confusion, the entire thing got called off and social media was vibrating with the takes from such a controversial ending. Strangely, that makes this a six-fight win streak for the new champion. He last finished off Cory Sandhagen in the first round back in June. For the loser, that’s got to sting as this was his first title defense after shocking Jose Aldo.