Aljamain Sterling validated his status as UFC champion at UFC 273. ‘Funk Master’ handed Petr Yan another loss to unify the UFC bantamweight championship in a close contest. After the bout, Yan targeted his next rival, whom Conor McGregor once called a little snake in the grass.

The ending of Yan-Sterling’s initial bout had people making fun of Sterling for the way he won the title. Amongst those people was former two-time UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw, who posted a meme suggesting Sterling does not have the fans’ support.

After the hard-fought win, that too in a contest Sterling was given minimal chance to win, the bantamweight champion didn’t forget to rub the victory into his hater’s face.

Sterling reacted to Dillashaw’s post and wrote, “Your legacy is trash. You cheated after being sent to the shadow realms from John Dodson. Your old teammates outted you years ago. How does it feel to know you never accomplished anything in the UFC, the right way? You really have a little man complex.”

Sterling mentioned Dillashaw‘s TUF final knockout loss and the two-time bantamweight champion’s failed drug test after the Henry Cejudo bout.

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With the back and forth happening between these top two bantamweight fighters, they could fight for the undisputed bantamweight championship soon. Especially when UFC President Dana White pointed out that they could do the trilogy bout between Sterling and Yan down the line.

Dana White gave Petr Yan an edge against Aljamain Sterling

Since the bout was very close and even judges had the fight as a split decision, the crowd was booing the result of the bout. Fans and experts were splitting hairs for many rounds and were not sure who actually won the fight.

Meanwhile, UFC President Dana White was certain that the fight would go to Petr Yan via unanimous decision (3-2). The UFC President disclosed his personal scorecard after the bout at the UFC 273 post-fight press conference.

However, the three men that had a say in the matter declared Aljamain Sterling as the winner. Also, the win should finally give Sterling his deserving spot in the pound-for-pound rankings.

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