“I don’t think letting Petr Yan pick me up and slam me on my neck plus the knee, that combination of everything, I think that was the straw that broke the camel’s back between those three things was the perfect storm. Now, I’m in this position,” Sterling said.

Sterling would then lay out the specific procedural options he could be looking at, one of which could see the new champ sidelined for up to nine months before he can even begin to fully train.

“There’s one that’s a fusion. That one’s about nine months before you can start regular activity again in terms of training at a high level,” Sterling said. “And then, the other one is an artificial disk replacement, which a couple guys have gotten before, Chris Weidman being one of them, Al Jouban, I think Tristan Connelly actually got one, too.

“So that one is only three months. But before you can actually schedule a f*ght, they would like to see you…at least what I was told from the doctor, let’s wait till four and a half months before we start really cranking out hardcore training. So it can be anywhere from 4 ½ to six months, just depending on how well my body heals (from the procedure).”

Sterling believes that the most likely option is that he will go the second route and be out for up to six months. He also stated he had scheduled a meeting with his doctor and that this will give him more information on the next steps that will be taken.


“They actually asked me to f*ght May 15 almost a week after the f*ght after I’d just been…when my head was not in this universe. But yeah, I had to decline that,” Sterling confirmed.




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Y'all slapped my in oblivion for saying that while sterling SHOULD have won due to DQ, he was doing extra work to gain sympathy and make it seem like he was legitmately KO'd

 https://boxden.com/showth .. .php?t=2984610



But here he is, declined the may 15 f*ght AND now wants 9 months to do surgery for sake of it?

Yeah okay...he hoping Yan f*ghts Cody/TJ and loses so he gets to knock off real contenders

yan is the real champ

Timberwolves said yan is the real champ

100%

The rules determined that the winnner due to DQ gets the belt, but thats just the rules

should have been ruled as loss and belt is vacant

Get healthy champ

Timberwolves said yan is the real champ

It was legit cheap shot...he’s lucky he isn’t suspended

Truth33 said It was legit cheap shot...he’s lucky he isn’t suspended

His corner told him it was ok, yes he should have known what to do in that situation - Yan was dominating the f*ght

TreueBlutEhre said His corner told him it was ok, yes he should have known what to do in that situation - Yan was dominating the f*ght

Yan was making dude look terrible in the ring. Sterling was getting beat badly. Yan better fire his corner for telling him to hit him.

Dana gotta tell sterling he has to run it back with Yan his next f*ght or give up the belt

0% chance they're gonna let him hold up the division after how the belt was given to him.

My bet would be on a interim title (because this is a perfect example of what they're for), but if he keeps dodging the Yan rematch and pisses off Dana I'm sure he'll get stripped.

Best case scenario would be Yan getting the interim and unifies it easily.

Fauby said Yan was making dude look terrible in the ring. Sterling was getting beat badly. Yan better fire his corner for telling him to hit him. Dana gotta tell sterling he has to run it back with Yan his next f*ght or give up the belt

Facts no doubt

whenever he's ready he will get that work from Yan....he should take his time. No EXCUSES!!

or he can relinquish the belt if he's scared.

Sterling going full on heel.

Sterling can't beat that dude

Interim title in 3,2,1

dadon85 said Get healthy champ

hes healthy.. jus scared

I'm glad he got illegally knee'd they need the pride stalling system yellow cards and sh*t,

just read the words chosen carefully... when people start to ramble thats when their brain sometimes slips out bits of self truth and they tell on themselves. Same applies in everyday life


This fool is just throwing whatever phrases that come to mind he thinks will help his case “straw that broke the camels back created the perfect storm”



This dude is pu**y
(yea yea hes a f*ghter he can whip my a*s he still pu**y ducking from someone that can whoop his a*s)

Clown...

Calling him a FAKE champ doesn't begin to describe how much of a joke he is.

Cejudo k*lls him...Yan k*lls him (again) ...hell...Mighty Mouse k*lls him.

Default champ is holding the belt hostage. He’s taking a lot about what Yan deserves, when he don’t deserve to even touch the ducking belt. He was getting his sh*t pushed in before Yan made a stupid mistake

Timberwolves said yan is the real champ

I thought he lost the second f*ght with Max

Aljamain is a bi*ch.. dude was faking like a mf putting on a act when Yan illegally kneed him but it wasn’t that bad.. pu**y a*s n*gga scared to give Yan that rematch. Dude is a clown for real

all3rd said I thought he lost the second f*ght with Max

haha wrong division homie haha

rexplosive said haha wrong division homie haha

How the fu*k did I confuse Alexander Volkanovski with Yan self smh?

If Aljo gets that surgery there’s no way they don’t strip him

Mexicanelvis said If Aljo gets that surgery there’s no way they don’t strip him

You can’t strip a champ who just got a belt, regardless if it was off default. He has a year to book a f*ght and that’s not even really enforced in the UFC. That’s why you see so many interim champs

TreueBlutEhre said His corner told him it was ok, yes he should have known what to do in that situation - Yan was dominating the f*ght

Rules exist for a reason, yes he was winning and yes he committed a serious violation of the rule. You can't break the rule and then point at the other guy and say it's his fault. Sterling cast get paid until he f*ghts x and he'll f*ght in the next 9mo. Gotta love it when keyboard warriors call a man who's f*ghting in a cage a pu**y. Not you op but others in this thread. These keys couldn't do 50 push ups in a row calling a pro f*ghter a pu**y.

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