Undisputed UFC Champion Aljamain Sterling

[LetThemBleed]

Henry beating Sterling would set up a HUGE fight with Yan.

Seems a little too complicated mate, make the rematch and when Yan wins he and Henry would be a huge fight.

 

[jeff7b9]

I honestly give Aljo a better chance in the rematch. He wasted so much energy on the takedowns and doing spins at the worst possible time. I feel like if he plays a long pressure game, he's got a solid shot at winning the fight.

I agree. I don’t know if it will be enough, but they can definitely take away some valuable insight from this fight.


1- Aljo needs 5 rounds of cardio at the pace he needs to push to win the fight. Yan is a better technical striker, so they need to be able to pressure/swarm for 5 rounds. I don’t know if Aljo is capable of that, but that is what they will need if they want to win that way, which won’t be easy but may be their best bet.

2- they need better success and less wasted effort with takedowns. This will probably involve mixing it up and incorporating level changes into the striking to disguise the shot when it comes. Jabs to the body, combos which attack high and low, level change feints with strikes behind them, etc.

3- Better management of range. It seemed like when Aljo got tired he lost track of distance and was standing right at the end of Yan’s punching range getting tagged, he needs to either stay a little further back where he can slip easier or keep his fucking hands up and block better.

If I were his coach I would take Aljo to high altitude and start focusing on cardio immediately and train at altitude straight up until the next fight. The improvement in cardio has to be drastic for Aljo to stand a chance, and everyone should expect Yan to come back harder as well, and he will know that Aljo had issues maintaining pace and he can use that.

 

[MartinGibson86]

"Undisputed" is such a meaningless term in ghe UFC.


Do people know how that term came to exist?

 

[Fess]

Fight vs Joe B was vacant because Figgy missed weight, that is how it works if one guy misses weight in a title fight, only the guy who made weight can win the belt. Completely different situation which has nothing to do with this.

You are talking about creating a rule that would allow a fighter to have the ability to take his opponent’s ability to win the belt away by fouling them and getting DQ’d.

The rule is there for a reason, disqualification is the punishment for breaking the rules.
You lose, the other guy wins.

The guy who follows the rules shouldn’t have his win bonus taken away from him because his opponent broke the rules, nor should he lose his opportunity to win the title, not get his win bonus and have the chance to be paid as champion in his next fight taken away... because his opponent broke the rules.

Actions have repercussions.

I get that fans don’t like the idea of a guy winning a belt off of a DQ, but you can’t punish the guy who followed the rules because the outcome doesn’t suit what you want it to be.

If a fighter gets disqualified, he loses and the other guy wins, that’s just the way it is.

Petr Yan should have followed the fucking rules there is absolutely no excuse for a world champion to not know the basic rules of the sport they compete in.

I have a feeling that you didn't read it or just to stubborn to see the similarities.
The Joe- Figurado analogy is very similar as the victor of the fight did not made weight - basically he won the fight (as Yan did) but broke the rule to manage the weight. The difference is that for missing weight you have a policy, but for illegal blow you don't as it happened the first time right now.

And as I said which you have ignored, not every fighter should receive a rematch when braking the rule, but those who were winning because it is clear as day that the blow did not give Yan any advantage it was just bad circumstances - which are
1. bad English
2. The referee told Yan that the opponent is down when his hands were on the ground and he did not say anything when his hands were up.
3. Yan told in his post fight press conference that the referee pre fight explained him regarding the hand positions when opponent is down and did not mentioned the knees, although he knew that, but thought only about the hands, hence did not pay attention to his knees.
4. The cornermen were yelling "hit him" when he thought to hit with a knee, so he was sure that he can hit him.

Yan took the blame, but it is clear as day that he did not need to brake the rule and did not want it, but he was winning the fight, so he does deserve the rematch.

But if the opponent brake such rule just to gain advantage in the fight of course he should not get the rematch, but I still think that the fighter which did not win should not get the title. Only the win.

 

[Strijfy]

Idk where you heard that champions can decide the opponents over the head of the company

Conor has been doing it for years, money making champions have a lot of clout.
Sterling isnt a champion , he will do as hes told.

 

[jeff7b9]

I have a feeling that you didn't read it or just to stubborn to see the similarities.
The Joe- Figurado analogy is very similar as the victor of the fight did not made weight - basically he won the fight (as Yan did) but broke the rule to manage the weight. The difference is that for missing weight you have a policy, but for illegal blow you don't as it happened the first time right now.

And as I said which you have ignored, not every fighter should receive a rematch when braking the rule, but those who were winning because it is clear as day that the blow did not give Yan any advantage it was just bad circumstances - which are
1. bad English
2. The referee told Yan that the opponent is down when his hands were on the ground and he did not say anything when his hands were up.
3. Yan told in his post fight press conference that the referee pre fight explained him regarding the hand positions when opponent is down and did not mentioned the knees, although he knew that, but thought only about the hands, hence did not pay attention to his knees.
4. The cornermen were yelling "hit him" when he thought to hit with a knee, so he was sure that he can hit him.

Yan took the blame, but it is clear as day that he did not need to brake the rule and did not want it, but he was winning the fight, so he does deserve the rematch.

But if the opponent brake such rule just to gain advantage in the fight of course he should not get the rematch, but I still think that the fighter which did not win should not get the title. Only the win.

There is absolutely ZERO excuse for a professional fighter to not know the rules. You can go through whatever mental gymnastics you want to try to justify it, have fun with that. The rules are published for anyone to read, the ref visits the fighter before each fight to go over the rules at which point they can ask any questions they want, with an interpreter if needed.

The rules for a DQ are also completely established and have been in place for a long time, the fact that it is a championship match doesn’t change the rules. There is also precedent in boxing which is where many of the unified rules of MMA are originally taken from.


You are trying to find a way to make things fit into the way you want them to be because the actual rules don’t result in the outcome that you wanted to have. For some reason people think that when the outcome isn’t what they wanted that it can’t possibly be because someone needs to accept blame for their actions so the rules need to be changed.

I deal in reality and facts.

The reality is that these rules are in place, have been in place, and have been there all along for everyone to learn and follow.
Yan didn’t follow the rules, and the DQ is the repercussion for breaking the rules.

 

[jeff7b9]

"Undisputed" is such a meaningless term in ghe UFC.


Do people know how that term came to exist?

I believe it originally meant that no one else laid claim to that title, back before boxing got fucked up by all the alphabet agencies creating 47 “world champs” at the same time.

At this point the term is thrown around all Willy nilly and has lost all it’s meaning.

as far as I am concerned to be “undisputed” the champ should be the only champion at that weight class, should have won the lineal title if possible/applicable, there should be no interim champ, no “junior champ” or continental champ, etc.

So only unified champs, imo should be introduced as undisputed. In the case of UFC champs, they should have no interim champ in their weight class and they should have beaten the Bellator champ and any other champ of a respectable org who could possibly potentially be the best if given the chance to prove it.

But that will never happen as long as people can make money calling their champ the undisputed champ of the world, even if he fights in a b or c level regional org.
(seriously I laugh when I hear Tachi Palace or Titan fighting introduce their champ as “undisputed champion of the world” when they have never even faced a top ten ranked fighter)

 

[Pastinaca1]

UFC should man up and tell him that if he does not fight Yan they will strip him of the title, as simple as that.
You can not become champion like that and still have the nerve to pick fights.

 

[Fess]

There is absolutely ZERO excuse for a professional fighter to not know the rules. You can go through whatever mental gymnastics you want to try to justify it, have fun with that. The rules are published for anyone to read, the ref visits the fighter before each fight to go over the rules at which point they can ask any questions they want, with an interpreter if needed.

The rules for a DQ are also completely established and have been in place for a long time, the fact that it is a championship match doesn’t change the rules. There is also precedent in boxing which is where many of the unified rules of MMA are originally taken from.


You are trying to find a way to make things fit into the way you want them to be because the actual rules don’t result in the outcome that you wanted to have. For some reason people think that when the outcome isn’t what they wanted that it can’t possibly be because someone needs to accept blame for their actions so the rules need to be changed.

I deal in reality and facts.

The reality is that these rules are in place, have been in place, and have been there all along for everyone to learn and follow.
Yan didn’t follow the rules, and the DQ is the repercussion for breaking the rules.

Rules are rules and no one should break them, and if you do you got punished and it doesn't matter which rule it is, whether it's missed weight or illegal blow.
Yan got punished. He was DQed, lost his title, money and winning streak.
However fighters like Fegurado got instant rematch although he broke a rule, because he won the fight. Yan should not be different,
Regarding the title issue...
Ask yourself, if you want to have a champion that did not win his fight. Does it makes sense to you.
If you do, it's your opinion, but I do not agree with it, as champions should be the better fighters, and not those who were losing and because some magic circumstances got their title.

 

[Gensoking]

Conor has been doing it for years, money making champions have a lot of clout.
Sterling isnt a champion , he will do as hes told.

Conor started doing it when he wasn't a champ

 

[the fight game]

Respect to Aljo the champ, but Yan wins the rematch. Nothing to get too worked up over.

 

[DLX]

Aljo's the REAL champion, baby!

Undefeated, and Undesputed

 

[The Rivv]

The only clown is the guy who threw the outrageous illegal knee in a fight that he was most likely going to win haha

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Don’t you just wanna pinch his cheeks?

 

[Me&MrJones]

Aljo's the REAL champion, baby!

Undefeated, and Undesputed

We need an Aljo version. Make it happen ya goof.

 

[The Rivv]

Aljo's the REAL champion, baby!

Undefeated, and Undesputed

Did you know the Sherdog servers cannot physically uploaded photos of Chael’s arms? The files are too big.

 

[xn7]

Yan earned the DQ. Sterling earned the W.

2 men entered and 1 won, 1 lost. The outcome is due to the matchup that the 2 of them are responsible for.

He's the champ, like it or not.

If he fights Cejudo next or rematches Yan.. who cares.

 

[KOPPE]

this fool is already ducking the rematch, i say strip him.

 

[Sticko]

I believe it originally meant that no one else laid claim to that title, back before boxing got fucked up by all the alphabet agencies creating 47 “world champs” at the same time.

At this point the term is thrown around all Willy nilly and has lost all it’s meaning.

as far as I am concerned to be “undisputed” the champ should be the only champion at that weight class, should have won the lineal title if possible/applicable, there should be no interim champ, no “junior champ” or continental champ, etc.

So only unified champs, imo should be introduced as undisputed. In the case of UFC champs, they should have no interim champ in their weight class and they should have beaten the Bellator champ and any other champ of a respectable org who could possibly potentially be the best if given the chance to prove it.

But that will never happen as long as people can make money calling their champ the undisputed champ of the world, even if he fights in a b or c level regional org.
(seriously I laugh when I hear Tachi Palace or Titan fighting introduce their champ as “undisputed champion of the world” when they have never even faced a top ten ranked fighter)

I agree with you as to how it should be but nowadays all "undisputed" means is the real belt as opposed to an interim belt.

 

[Goutfather]

There is absolutely ZERO excuse for a professional fighter to not know the rules. You can go through whatever mental gymnastics you want to try to justify it, have fun with that. The rules are published for anyone to read, the ref visits the fighter before each fight to go over the rules at which point they can ask any questions they want, with an interpreter if needed.

The rules for a DQ are also completely established and have been in place for a long time, the fact that it is a championship match doesn’t change the rules. There is also precedent in boxing which is where many of the unified rules of MMA are originally taken from.

You are trying to find a way to make things fit into the way you want them to be because the actual rules don’t result in the outcome that you wanted to have. For some reason people think that when the outcome isn’t what they wanted that it can’t possibly be because someone needs to accept blame for their actions so the rules need to be changed.

I deal in reality and facts.

The reality is that these rules are in place, have been in place, and have been there all along for everyone to learn and follow.
Yan didn’t follow the rules, and the DQ is the repercussion for breaking the rules.

just stop. yall “he broke the rules he must be a cheater” pearl clutching aljo fans. quickly you are becoming the undisputed champions of the ultimate karens championship.

you say youre so concerned about rules. how bout the rule against faking injury? yes thats illegal. not so rule crazy now are ya? gee imagine that.

“Fight isn’t going my way, or I just got injured with 2 rounds to go.. fuck it, I’ll knee dude in the face and rematch him when I’m healthy. “

“man I can’t lose my belt to this asshole. Guess I’ll Knee him in the face.”

give. me. uh. break.

oh wont someone think of the children. we cant let the better fighter win because of this one errant foul so the only remedy is to install the undeserving clown who just got his sorry ass kicked. that is the only way, people. never again. everyone light your candles for aljo he got fouled. we shall overcome.

meanwhile in reality everyone can see aljo faked his injury to get the belt. yall motherfuckers encouraging this shit.

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

Aljo has the belt, but I've seen quite a bit of dispute over his status as champ. It'll all get sorted out in the rematch.