‘Monumental mistake’: Aljamain Sterling’s cornermen respond to Petr Yan’s threat of UFC 273 resort battle
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Petr Yan might perchance well no longer be willing to wait till UFC 273 to throw down with Aljamain Sterling, but that perspective doesn’t lumber both ways.
For the length of Wednesday’s media day, Yan (16-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) acknowledged he’s ready to “waste” Sterling (20-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) and his total team before Saturday’s bantamweight title unification bout at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. The major card airs on pay-per-seek following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
Sterling chanced on these comments to be utterly comical, and expressed how he’s honest precise comely with waiting till it’s a sanctioned scrap the build both men will receives a price for his or her physicality.
Aljamain Sterling responds to Petr Yan’s threat of a resort brawl.
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These sentiments were echoed by Sterling’s teammates and cornermen. UFC lightweight Al Iaquinta acknowledged he’s struggling to care for what Yan’s perspective is alongside with his comments.
“He’s no longer going to enact something,” Iaquinta instructed MMA Junkie. “Fight’s on Saturday night time and he’s bought plenty to be afraid about. He ought to quiet lumber away the teams out of it. … Spoiled idea. Aljo’s doing his element Saturday night time. Factual success.”
UFC bantamweight Merab Dvalishvili, who will even be in Sterling’s nook for the battle, acknowledged he’s no longer going to take with Yan or his team before UFC 273. Afterward, nonetheless, will be an completely quite just a few space.
“He made mountainous mistake,” Dvalishvili acknowledged. “Aljo will expose him, Aljo will waste him. .. We gonna let him battle first then we’re going to tackle him and his team after.”
Tensions are clearly rising because the time for the Sterling vs. Yan rematch approaches. The first battle, which came about at UFC 259 in March 2021, seen Sterling clutch the 135-pound belt after interesting an illegal knee that resulted in a disqualification.
