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 21st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Petr Yan marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Aljamain Sterling's UFC record stood at 16-5-0, while Petr Yan's came in at 10-4-0.

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 35 years old.

Sterling had a 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 2 more professional rounds, 79 to Yan's 77.

Sterling vs Yan II form

Sterling had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Movsar Evloev at UFC 310 on 7th December 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Calvin Kattar at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Sean O’Malley at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston.

Before that, he had beaten Henry Cejudo at UFC 288 on 6th May 2023 by split decision in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Prudential Center, Newark.

He had defeated T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 280 on 22nd October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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

Previous to that, he had been defeated 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 won against 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 beaten 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 defeated Jimmie Rivera at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Aljamain Sterling had been fighting more than Petr Yan.

Going to this contest, Aljamain Sterling had last fought 5 months and 8 days ago, while Petr Yan's last outing had been 3 years, 6 months and 15 days ago.

Sterling's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Yan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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