After arguably the most bizarre title change in UFC history, newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling gave his response to the MMA community on his podcast “The Weekly Scraps” following his DQ victory over Petr Yan at UFC 259. Aljamain Sterling is the new UFC bantamweight champion with a disqualification win over Petr Yan in the third round of a main card fight on UFC 259 from the Apex Facility in Las Vegas.. Yan appeared to be on his way to winning the fight and defending his belt when he kneed Sterling who was clearly on … December 10, 2015; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Aljamain Sterling against Johnny Eduardo during UFC Fight Night at The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan. He has no reason to be embarrassed by the way he won the UFC bantamweight championship on Saturday at Apex.. Aljamain Sterling celebrates after defeating Cody Stamann in their bantamweight mixed martial arts bout at UFC 228 on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, in Dallas. A post shared by Aljamain Sterling (@funkmaster_ufc) on May 12, 2019 at 7:35am PDT It left Sterling in a small financial bind entering Saturday night's fight. The aftermath: Sterling being unable to stand, doctors examining the Jamaican American fighter in a silent arena, a crying Sterling receiving Yan's belt and tossing it to the ground. The American fighter Aljamain Sterling can't compete for two months because of a medical suspension after he was clattered with an illegal knee Saturday at the big UFC 259 event in Las Vegas.. Sterling, the No. Aljamain Sterling has said that he is undertaking a venture to provide affordable access to the sport for the people of Jamaica. He has nothing to apologize for and he owes nobody, particularly not Petr Yan, a thing.. Yan committed one of the most egregious fouls in UFC history on Saturday when he kneed Sterling in the head late in the fourth round of their … Sterling was on his knees and as he raised his head, Yan belted him in the face with a right knee that snapped Sterling’s head back as if he were on a head-on crash at 65 mph. In this article, we take a look at Aljamain Sterling's net worth in 2021, total earnings, salary, and biography. New, 12 comments. The first of three blockbuster title fights at UFC 259 ended in disgrace when bantamweight champion Petr Yan was disqualified The Weekly Grind: UFC bantamweight title challenger Aljamain Sterling proposes to longtime girlfriend. At UFC 259, the promotion’s most recent pay-per-view event, bantamweight contender Aljamain Sterling won the title from Petr Yan in arguably the most controversial manner to date. LAS VEGAS — A vicious, intentional knee to the head of a downed Aljamain Sterling cost Petr Yan his bantamweight title on Saturday at Apex on the main card of UFC 259. Aljamain Sterling is a American MMA Fighter from New York, United States. He accepts that constraint, for now. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter) Petr Yan lost his UFC Bantamweight Championship belt to challenger Aljamain Sterling after delivering an illegal knee, causing a fourth-round disqualification. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports "The UFC only pays for one fighter and one corner," he says. Aljamain Sterling has no reason to hang his head. Although the fight had shifted in Yan’s favor, Yan threw a knee to Sterling… "So then I … It's probably not hyperbole to call it the least satisfying UFC title win in history, and …