Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling have plenty of beef heading into their bantamweight title fight at UFC 273. The two fought back in March 2021 and the fight left a sour taste in everyone's mouth.

There has been plenty of trash talk between the two and Aljamain Sterling has not been afraid to throw jabs. Petr Yan recently got brutally honest on the current champion ahead of UFC 273.

“Just imagine. He’s tired of thinking about me. I didn’t think about him at all,” Yan said during an appearance on The MMA Hour ahead of UFC 273.

“He had this long layoff. I had a different opponent. I fought. Now he’s my next target that I’m going to beat up. And after the fight Saturday night everyone’s going to forget about him and the clowns are going to be forgotten.”

“He’s a clown,” said Yan abou the UFC bantamweight champion. “He’s just trying to sell the pay-per-view. He’s trying to make the last big money of his life.”

“I will make sure that there will be no questions left.”

Petr Yan became the interim bantamweight champion after beating Corey Sandhagen on short notice back in October at UFC 267. He is hoping to unify the title by beating Aljamain Sterling the second time around.

Aljamain Sterling defends his bantamweight title against Petr Yan in the co-main event of UFC 273. Everyone will be hoping the division can finally move on from the fight and new fighters will be able to step up and look to challenge for the title.