Apr 09 2022
Saturday

VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States

Co-Main Event
5 rounds contest @ Bantamweight
20-3-0
SD 5

Score cards

  • 48-47
  • 48-47
  • 47-48
SD 5
16-2-0

Belts on The Line

UFC Bantamweight Championship

The tape

34
Age
30
5' 7" / 171 cm
Height
5' 7" / 169 cm
70.9" / 180 cm
Reach
66.9" / 170 cm

Tape record

Form
20
Wins
16
2
By KO
7
10
KO%
44
8
By SUB
1
40
SUB%
6
3
Loses
2
1
Stopped
0
0
Tapped
0
0
Draws
0
2011
Debut
2013
23
Bouts
18
59
Rounds
56
4 hours, 33 minutes
Fight Time
4 hours, 18 minutes

Tape rankings @ Bantamweight

-
UFC
1
-
Bellator
-
4
Tapology
1

Aljamain Sterling vs Petr Yan report

Who won Sterling vs Yan II?

Aljamain Sterling beat Petr Yan by split decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 273, on Saturday 9th April 2022 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced as 48-47, 48-47, 47-48 in favor of winner Aljamain Sterling.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the UFC bantamweight championship.

Sterling vs Yan II stats

Aljamain Sterling stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Petr Yan made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggested Yan had a massive power advantage over Sterling, boosting at 44% knock out percentage over Sterling's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sterling had a massive advantage over Yan, boasting at 40% submission rate over Yan's 6%.

Aljamain Sterling was the older man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Sterling had 4-inch reach advantage.

Sterling was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 11 months earlier than Yan, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 73 to Yan's 69.

Sterling vs Yan II form

Yan had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Cory Sandhagen at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by unanimous decision in the 4th round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jose Aldo at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had beat Urijah Faber at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had won against Jimmie Rivera at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

Activity check

Sterling's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

Yan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Sterling vs Yan II?

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