Straight facts from SIR Johnny Walker

[maximus__]

Sterling putting himself in the position is irrelevant. Yan was in direct communication with his corner when it happened. He asked his corner whether to throw the knee or not. I believe one cornerman said yes and the other said no. The ref warned him Sterling was a downed opponent multiple times also, but yes. That might be a language barrier issue, but with his own corner there certainly wasn't one.

Not to mention that knee is not a one off or an isolated issue. Yan has a history of being a very dirty fighter. Dating back to before his UFC days even. The Sterling fight isn't even Yan's only loss due to an intentional foul, it's his 2nd.

No. He was actually told to punch by one cornerman and then there is a disagreement on the translation for the other.
The other one either said kick then changed it to "hit" or similar. It apparently doesn't translate across very well within the Russian language.

Here is what Yan said about it and he said he didn't hear his corner.

https://www.mmamania.com/2021/3/7/2...title-loss-at-ufc-259-i-know-i-made-a-mistake

“Honestly, I didn’t understand what my cornermen were telling me,” he said later. “I was focused on his hands leaving the ground. The replay will likely show how he raised his hands. I didn’t see that his knees were down, I thought he was squatting.”

Yan doesn't have any other DQ losses listed on his record. He has had a point taken off in the last 2 seconds of Magomedov magomedov 1 for this...



Nothing dirty about it at all. Both fighters were coming in all fight in the exact same way.

 

[Van Daz]

"Why should I follow a rule that has no punishment if I break it? If he can do illegal things to take advantage. Then I can too & get a NC next time. so we are ok to kick balls and punch behind neck and spine too , if you kill somebody, no worries. It’s just no contest"

Yep yep yep yep yep yep yep.

I'm sick of this in the UFC; they's zero punishment for breaking the few rules that there are. On the contrary, you get rewarded, because you're never disqualified and we've seen numerous instances of fighters being pressured into continuing and getting their ass kicked. Diego Sanchez got booed out of the arena for taking a legitimate DQ win. It's a no lose situation for the cheat.

I'm fairly sure Walker was playing up the injury, & why shouldnt he. Its a joke that he should be expected to carry on like nothing happened.

Jones did similar (actually far worse) to Smith & it worked majorly to his advantage. he's always poking opponents in the eyes and never gets docked. That's why I'm GLAD Jones has that Hamill loss on his record, & cant believe I ever thought otherwise. Jones is lucky not to have about 4 losses, all things considered.

Jones has done more eye poking than the 3 stooges.....

He pokes eyes & get a slap on the wrist.

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

Get your first two fouls outta the way then proceed with your actual fight-plan


Take out the eyes, then the groin, then fight’em

This is the running joke at our watch parties, lol

"Get your one, bro. He was starting to overwhelm you a bit"

 

[Cancrusher187]

I think he knew where was & was more lucid than he was letting on (or had any right to be, given the blow he'd taken) but just thought "fuck this guy". I suspected it at the time but I'm even more convinced now in light of these comments.

This card was early for me and I was busy. Sounds like I need to watch it.

 

[DougieJones]

How was Walker playing up the injury?

Seriously that is one of the dumbest comments I've ever seen

 

[Cancrusher187]

No. He was actually told to punch by one cornerman and then there is a disagreement on the translation for the other.
The other one either said kick then changed it to "hit" or similar. It apparently doesn't translate across very well within the Russian language.

Here is what Yan said about it and he said he didn't hear his corner.

https://www.mmamania.com/2021/3/7/2...title-loss-at-ufc-259-i-know-i-made-a-mistake

“Honestly, I didn’t understand what my cornermen were telling me,” he said later. “I was focused on his hands leaving the ground. The replay will likely show how he raised his hands. I didn’t see that his knees were down, I thought he was squatting.”

Yan doesn't have any other DQ losses listed on his record. He has had a point taken off in the last 2 seconds of Magomedov magomedov 1 for this...



Nothing dirty about it at all. Both fighters were coming in all fight in the exact same way.

The knee? Looked legit.

 

[DougieJones]

Sterling/Yan is a bit different. Sterling continually put himself in that position intentionally and I personally believe it was a language barrier for Yan. Sterling also was clearly acting to draw the DQ win. He has been TKO'd and KO'd previously and not reacted anything at all like that. He isn;t the only Serra/Longo fighter to try and play the game for that DQ style win. Remember Weidman vs Gegard? It's something they are actively employing in their training when they get to those positions.

DQ win for both is fine and on the same card this weekend, the Mokaev fight should have been a NC due to Herzogs poor refereeing. It was stopped for an illegal strike that was legal and it wasn't even restarted in the same position. It's a great example of a NC due to issues around officiating.

You could've saved yourself a lot of time by just writing "I just don't like Sterling"

 

[TheBulge]

That reminds me of the love child of guy fieri and Brock, Chris Tuscherer when he fought against manbearpig. Gonzaga nailed him square in the balls with the kick that Cro Cop'd Cor Cop.

Chris took the whole five minutes in the corner and even threw up. But he had that Andy Wang warrior spirit and went out to continue, only to get sent to the shadow realm by another kick

Not sure if Gonzaga did it on purpose, but that kick definitely had a huge impact on the outcome and there was no repercussion for the foul

Gonzaga's empathy at play here. Kicking him unconcious was finally some relief from the pain in his balls.

 

[Cancrusher187]

No. He was actually told to punch by one cornerman and then there is a disagreement on the translation for the other.
The other one either said kick then changed it to "hit" or similar. It apparently doesn't translate across very well within the Russian language.

Here is what Yan said about it and he said he didn't hear his corner.

https://www.mmamania.com/2021/3/7/2...title-loss-at-ufc-259-i-know-i-made-a-mistake

“Honestly, I didn’t understand what my cornermen were telling me,” he said later. “I was focused on his hands leaving the ground. The replay will likely show how he raised his hands. I didn’t see that his knees were down, I thought he was squatting.”

Yan doesn't have any other DQ losses listed on his record. He has had a point taken off in the last 2 seconds of Magomedov magomedov 1 for this...



Nothing dirty about it at all. Both fighters were coming in all fight in the exact same way.

Wow!!! And the ref saved him from a finish.

 

[HHJ]

I genuinely don't think he knew where Abu dhabi was due to being Brazilian and living in Ireland.
He said he was going to say UAE but didn't want to get it wrong.

It's not like it's a major continent they were fighting in like the US, Australia or Brazil.

Cmon hes not an idiot. He knows where he is. He had to get on a plane to go there.

That being said,saying he is in the desert,after being kneed in the head is a perfectly acceptable answer.

 

[HHJ]

How was Walker playing up the injury?

Seriously

the dude wanted to keep fighting. The reverse Aljo.

Bizzaro Aljo.

 

[jeff7b9]

That reminds me of the love child of guy fieri and Brock, Chris Tuscherer when he fought against manbearpig. Gonzaga nailed him square in the balls with the kick that Cro Cop'd Cor Cop.

Chris took the whole five minutes in the corner and even threw up. But he had that Andy Wang warrior spirit and went out to continue, only to get sent to the shadow realm by another kick

Not sure if Gonzaga did it on purpose, but that kick definitely had a huge impact on the outcome and there was no repercussion for the foul

That was the worst MMA nutshot I have seen.

The audio on the original broadcast, that fucking poor man was clearly in an absolute state of torture.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

This is the running joke at our watch parties, lol

"Get your one, bro. He was starting to overwhelm you a bit"

That’s fucking hilarious!


That’s a good time to get one in!

 

[usernamee]

That reminds me of the love child of guy fieri and Brock, Chris Tuscherer when he fought against manbearpig. Gonzaga nailed him square in the balls with the kick that Cro Cop'd Cor Cop.

Chris took the whole five minutes in the corner and even threw up. But he had that Andy Wang warrior spirit and went out to continue, only to get sent to the shadow realm by another kick

Not sure if Gonzaga did it on purpose, but that kick definitely had a huge impact on the outcome and there was no repercussion for the foul

It's honestly a great setup for a high kick. A good shot to the nuts and after that the opponent will be very wary of taking any more shots to that area/stomach and more inclined to block down there.

 

[checktheknuckles]

Honestly, as a fighter you should immediately kick to the nuts, poke the eyes, grab the fence, grab the shorts, grab the glove, etc so that the ref tells you that there are no more warnings. Now if your opponent does it, they lose a point.

 

[maximus__]

You could've saved yourself a lot of time by just writing "I just don't like Sterling"

I am actually a massive fan and have trained at a gym with guys he came up with back in the day.

Still doesn't change the fact that he actively put his face down on the canvas and presented the back of his head before kneeling in front of his opponent. He then wondered why he copped an illegal knee when the only reason it was illegal wa because he had one knee in contact with the ground. He made no attempt to be offensive or even to actually defend himself there from anything. You could argue for a TKO if Yan had thrown a series of punches instead of the knee. Sterling wasn't intelligently defending himself. A DQ was the correct call though, but it's no different to Vitor throwing a headkick at Jones in their fight to start of with Jones grounded.

 

[maximus__]

The knee? Looked legit.

It was for a clash of heads and ruled as an intenitonal headbutt by Yan...

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

I think he knew where was & was more lucid than he was letting on (or had any right to be, given the blow he'd taken) but just thought "fuck this guy". I suspected it at the time but I'm even more convinced now in light of these comments.

I think the 'fuck this guy' went for the whole situation, because it looked like they were gonna give him no time to recover, so good for him

Between no recovery time and continuing, and making it a DQ / NC I think he made the right choice

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

I'm actually pro legalizing knees to downed opponents but Walker is 100% correct. The rule is there for a reason and it must be followed

 

[maximus__]

Cmon hes not an idiot. He knows where he is. He had to get on a plane to go there.

That being said,saying he is in the desert,after being kneed in the head is a perfectly acceptable answer.

Without googling tell me what country the UAE is attached to ?

The guy is a Brazilian living in Ireland who speaks English as a second/third language. He already answered this in an interview.
He said he thought it was Abu Dhabi (which isn't the country) but wasn't 100% sure so he said the desert. He mentions both talking in their second languages and thick accents.

He isn't an idiot. Half of this forum wouldn't know that Abu Dhabi was in the UAE or where that is exactly, let alone a Brazilian fighter who just took a massive illegal knee.