Current UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling commented on the rumor that Petr Yan is leaving the promotion.
“I don’t understand his motive in this situation. I think it was right after the fight. Perhaps then he had not yet reviewed it and behaved a little emotionally, because we all have emotions. I can understand that he does all this work, trains, travels, makes sacrifices, breaks up with his family, but the fight is not going in his favor. In close combat, you feel neglected. But if he rewatches the fight and tries to look beyond himself, what you have to do for development, he will see why he lost. When I watched the fight in the locker room, I thought that Jan won by a small margin. Then I reviewed the fight from the referee's point of view. I believe that according to the judging criteria, O'Malley won. Yang lost to the best fighters in the world. He beat Cory Sandhagen in a five-round fight when he came out stronger and showed his brilliance, showed why he was a champion, why he is a threat to everyone in this division and the world."
Recall that Jan and Sterling met twice in the octagon and both fights were won by Aljamain.
