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Move over Dominick Cruz, Sean O’Malley has now decided to set his sights on another former bantamweight champion in Petr Yan. Despite his epic blunder at UFC 259, many people still consider Petr Yan to be the uncrowned champion of the UFC’s bantamweight division. Yan was ahead of his fight...

Aljamain Sterling now has a firmer timeline on when we could be seeing him return to competition, and he also has a strong message for his detractors. In a recent interview with MiddleEasy, Aljamain Sterling revealed that he rejected a rematch against Petr Yan because he is still recovering from...

It looks like fans and Petr Yan may be in for a long wait for Aljamain Sterling to return for a UFC 259 rematch. Petr Yan entered UFC 259 as bantamweight champion but would go on to lose the strap after illegally kneeing Sterling in the face. This left...

According to former UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling has already declined to rematch him “multiple times.” UFC 259’s bantamweight title fight concluded in what will go down as arguably the most controversial finish in the history of the UFC. It certainly was history-making, though, as it was the...

Aljamain Sterling doesn’t seem to believe the punishment is fitting the crime for Petr Yan after his disqualifying knee at UFC 259. Aljamain Sterling has expressed a willingness to run it back with Petr Yan after the controversial ending to their first bantamweight title bout at UFC 259, but he...

Aljamain Sterling will be taking his time before running it back with former bantamweight champion Petr Yan. From the moment the championship belt was wrapped around the waist of Aljamain Sterling as a result of a disqualification, the conclusion of UFC 259’s bantamweight title fight has been dissected from every...

When the UFC first burst onto the scene, it was promoted as a “no rules” form of fighting. Throughout the years, the ruleset was fine-tuned, and we now have the sport of MMA that we all know and love. There are still few rules, but the rules that do...

According to Aljamain Sterling, the response to his controversial UFC 259 title win has been more radical than the general public realizes. Despite Aljamain Sterling being on the receiving end of an illegal knee from Petr Yan, it has been Sterling placed at the center of attention in the...

Petr Yan is still looking for a rematch with new champion Aljamain Sterling, but he feels Sterling is not interested in running it back. It has been one week since UFC 259, where Petr Yan lost his bantamweight title in one of the most heartbreaking ways. Yan was disqualified from...

It was documented in the Sports Business Journal that the UFC 259 pay-per-view event did very well, reportedly selling more than 800,000 units worldwide. The talent-stacked UFC 259 event featured four champions and three title fights. At the top of the card, undefeated middleweight champion Israel Adesanya looked to...

Following the messy aftermath at UFC 259, Petr Yan's coach thought the explanations Aljamain Sterling gave after the loss were confusing at best. When controversy filled the mixed martial arts atmosphere, Sterling shared his thoughts on his podcast and his thought process as the events took place in real-time....

Former bantamweight champion Petr Yan believes he shouldn't have been the first champion to lose his belt by disqualification and called out Jon Jones for not losing his belt to Anthony Smith in the same fashion. The conclusion of the bantamweight title fight between Yan and Aljamain Sterling was...

High drama engulfed the UFC Apex last Saturday as Aljamain Sterling won the bantamweight title by disqualification against Petr Yan, and he had a lot to say about the nay-sayers implying the win was illegitimate. https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1368436907332534272 The controversy consumed the night after one of the title fights ended with...

Aljamain Sterling may not be satisfied with the manner in which he became UFC bantamweight champion, but he has no sympathy whatsoever for Petr Yan. In what will no doubt go down as one of, if not the single most controversial ending to a fight in UFC history, Aljamain Sterling...

Entering UFC 259, the big question already was: who gets the next bantamweight title shot? In the first of three title fights on the card, Petr Yan was looking to defend his bantamweight title for the first time against Aljamain Sterling. It was an intriguing matchup full of trash-talking which...