Aljamain Sterling surprised a lot of people after defeating Petr Yan by decision at UFC 273 on Saturday. His coach, Ray Longo, from Serra Longo, had quite the thoughts on the Russian after the fight.

Petr Yan was considered one of the scariest fighters at bantamweight and had the opportunity to be a force for years to come. Ray Longo was quick to point out that he's not the ‘boogeyman' anymore.

“What happened to the boogeyman? He’s not the boogeyman anymore – Aljo’s the boogeyman now,” Coach Ray Longo told The MMA Hour after UFC 273. “That’s why I even got fired up. This is the guy? This is the guy that everybody thinks is going to kill you? Take a look at him. He doesn’t look too good to me. I think I wanted to give Aljo a boost. You got this man, because you don’t know what builds up in his mind over 13 months. Maybe there’s self-doubt in there, too, that nobody knows about. I just wanted to erase that and amp him up.”

The scoring after the fight was all over the place but Ray Longo was confident Aljamain Sterling won the fight at UFC 273. Petr Yan and his team were not happy but it didn't make a difference.

“People can say whatever they want, it was close,” Longo continued after UFC 273. “The first round, here’s the bottom line: They had that kid getting killed, period. [They said], ‘He’s not coming out of the first round.’ And then when that doesn’t happen, they’ve got to revert to some…we’re down to the first round, with like six punches thrown? Are you frickin’ kidding me? The guy was supposed to get mauled and killed. He shut everybody up, man, and I’ll tell you what, it’s only going to get worse for Yan as these fights go on, because I think the more comfortable Aljo gets, and the healthier he can stay, he’s just going to get better and better.”