Sterling vs Yan II

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, 48-47 in favor of the 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 losses 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 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Aljamain Sterling's 20th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Aljamain Sterling's UFC record stood at 16-4-0, while Petr Yan's came in at 9-4-0.

The stats suggested Yan had a massive power advantage over Sterling, boasting a 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 a 40% submission rate over Yan's 6%.

Aljamain Sterling was the older man by 3 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, 76 to Yan's 72.

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 won against Cory Sandhagen at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest.

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

He was victorious 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 6 years, 4 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 5 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, 10 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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