Aljamain Sterling had a strange fight against Petr Yan at UFC 273 last weekend. Many personalities have given their takes on the fight and you can include the always outspoken Chael Sonnen to that list.
After UFC 273, Aljamain Sterling admitted he took the last two rounds off, against Petr Yan, after assuming he was up 30-26 on the scorecards. Chael Sonnen took to his YouTube channel to scold the champion for his strategy.
“Aljamain spoke on why he was so sure he was ahead. As a matter of fact, he not only believed he was ahead those 3 rounds, going into 4 and 5, he though he had 2 10-8 rounds. Aljamain needs to learn something from this – do not do that kind of math again. Aljamain was wrong, that is not what the judges saw.
It was a big risk for Aljamain Sterling and it almost didn't pay off at UFC 273. No judge awarded him a 10-8 round and not all of them gave him the first round.
“One judge didn’t even see the first 3 rounds. This was a slippery slope, very slippery. The control was there for a 10-8 but not the damage. But set that aside, I’ve been stunned that people are pushing back and don’t think he (Aljamain Sterling) won the fight. That’s just not what I saw, I saw it exactly the way Aljamain did.”
“When you come down to judging, none of us full know what that means. We don’t fully know. We’re given a very broad overview at the start of absolutely every event. Judging specifically is not overly subjective, however, it does have elements which are subjective.”
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