{"id":398266,"date":"2021-10-30T13:57:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T20:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=398266"},"modified":"2021-10-30T19:02:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T02:02:33","slug":"aljamain-sterling-reacts-after-petr-yan-defeats-cory-sandhagen-at-ufc-267","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-reacts-after-petr-yan-defeats-cory-sandhagen-at-ufc-267\/","title":{"rendered":"Aljamain Sterling reacts after Petr Yan defeats Cory Sandhagen at UFC 267"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aljamain Sterling clearly tuned in to watch Saturday’s UFC 267 interim bantamweight title fight between Petr Yan and Cory Sandhagen.<\/p>\n

Sterling (21-3 MMA), the UFC’s reigning bantamweight champion, was originally slated to rematch Yan (16-2 MMA) at today’s event, this after their initial fight ended in controversial fashion at UFC 259. However, lingering issues from neck surgery prevented ‘Funkmaster’ from being able to compete.<\/p>\n

With that, the UFC decided to make an interim title fight between Petr Yan and Cory Sandhagen for Saturday’s pay-per-view extravaganza.<\/p>\n

Petr Yan was looking to get back to his winning ways in Abu Dhabi. Prior to his DQ loss to Aljamain Sterling, ‘No Mercy’ was on a ten-fight winning streak, which included stoppage victories over MMA legends Jose Aldo<\/a> and Uriah Faber.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Cory Sandhagen (14-3 MMA) was getting his first shot at promotional<\/a> gold today at UFC 267, this despite suffering a split decision loss to TJ Dillashaw in his most previous effort. ‘The Sandman’ had gone 2-2 over his past four Octagon appearances, suffering a submission loss to Aljamain Sterling during that stretch.<\/p>\n

Tonight’s UFC 267 co-main event proved to be a thrilling twenty-five minute affair. Petr Yan and Cory Sandhagen proceeded to go to absolute war – landing a plethora of heavy shots on one another. ‘No Mercy’ would drop ‘The Sandman’ with a spinning back fist midway through the fight which appeared to turn the tide in his favor. After five rounds of action the Russian was awarded a unanimous decision victory from the judges in attendance.<\/p>\n

Official UFC 267 Result: Petr Yan def. Cory Sandhagen by unanimous decision (49-46 x3)<\/p>\n

Check out how Aljamain Sterling reacted to Yan vs Sahndhagen below:<\/p>\n

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My two sons are fighting next for 2nd place! Tune in! #UFC267<\/a><\/p>\n

— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) October 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n