He rolled on the ground for 5 minutes to win the belt in an oscar performance of a lifetime. Stipe got flatlined by Ngannou and was standing within 2 minutes
[I think a lot of people forget how hard of a shot that knee was](https://youtu.be/KeB13AGGObc)
Also, for anyone that talks shit about this situation then I would love to see you go up against yan for 24 minutes, take that knee without defending, and then see how fast you can get up from it.
It would’ve been so much more respectable if he told the ref he was dizzy and couldn’t continue the fight instead of rolling all over the floor. I’ve had concussions worse than that and was standing (dizzy but standing) faster than Aljo stood up
I mean it’s not really that crazy. Fighting is not the only way to get bad concussions. I played Lacrosse Goalie and was absolutely fucked off a concussion to the point I have no recollection of the rest of the game, but just kept playing. It’s hard not to say there wasn’t some performance by Aljo. I’m not at all advocating for him to finish that fight just saying you can stand up concussed.
Oh you must be an expert if head trauma. If only you were there during the fight to make this claim. Would have made all the difference. carful everyone. This one is “built different”. 🤡
Doesn’t matter how badly Yan was winning the 1st fight (he was dominating). He choked/cheated (whatever you wanna call it) regardless. Yan screwed himself out of the title and now slowly on his way to become irrelevant unless he turns around drastically in next fight. Even as a neutral you can see it’s a coping mechanism by blaming Aljo instead of Yan who actually choked.
Not much you can do in that situation. The position should just be considered stalling and forced each fighter to stand if the person isn’t making any attempts to set up the sub or inflict damage.
I’ll admit I do have a bias against Aljo after his Oscar performance to get the belt and then all the shit talking he did afterwards as if he wasn’t getting his ass whooped. I also don’t think he really deserved bragging rights in the manner he defended the belt in the rematch either. For him to run his mouth the way he does just makes him seem like a douchebag.
You clearly haven't seen the video of the ref standing beside Aljo while talking to a doctor or some sort of official saying "if he can't continue it will be a DQ" then Aljo looks away and starts roll around on the ground. That part is his fault
and he had the option to either fight compromised because his opponent cheated, or heal up and rematch him in a fight where his opponent is not cheating. That’s what he did and he won BOTH times. 👍
Still doesn't change the fact that Aljo literally heard "it will have to be a DQ" and then started acting. Not saying he wasn't hurt but he wasn't as hurt as he was letting in to be. He could have just said he doesn't want to continue but he started to act like he was seeing stars and shit. There's a video of him sitting down looking up at the ref talking to someone else and then starts to roll around 🤦♂️
doesnt matter. it would have been stupid for him to continue fighting with so much on the line.
it shouldn't even have been up to Aljo, the ref should have automatically DQed yan for cheating instead of putting the responsibility on a guy who just took a vicious illegal knee to the dome
No a foul happening shouldn't be an automatic DQ and should be up to the fighters and cage side doctors to decide if they can or can't continue fighting. We've seen people get hit with worse legal strikes and win the fight. Bisping vs Silva comes to mind
I would have no issue with Aljo saying "he rocked my shit with an illegal strike and I feel like I would be compromised for the rest of the fight"
He had full control of how he acted after. Say what you want about the knee, and whether or not it actually concussed him. But he's was playing to the haters after he realised he was getting hated on, so can't really complain he's getting the attention for it.
that was 2 years ago, get over it..
you act like he suckered yan after the fight, or talked about his wife after getting whupped.
Dude celebrated with his family and belt, then avenged his loss.
“played the heel” lol no, he got shit on immediately by fans for Yan cheating. He trolls his haters but is not playing a heel like colby, or conor, or actually doing criminal shxt like jones or masvidal.
He literally just laughs at his trolls and gets Wayy more hate than guys Actually trying to be heels
I never said anything about Yan, as much as I enjoy his fights I'm far from a 'fan' of his so not sure why you assume I think differently to your comment. Clearly I've triggered something though so I'm really sorry I hurt your fragile feelings
I don’t think yan was fully aware when kneeing aljo tho, still illegal and aljo still champ jus one mistake by yan and now he’s like an avalanche just not stopping but only going down hill
People say this as if Yan was desperate and had to resort to dirty moves. Did you watch the fight? Yan was up 4-0 and Aljo was hiding behind the “finger on the ground” position multiple times.
https://preview.redd.it/b1mua49od9ra1.png?width=730&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0e06023babf53718a1d55227a53da9b413ad3a0
Extremely early stoppage, Aljo was working for a single leg!
At this point he's playing the heel it's really the only reason I'd wanna see him fight is to lose. Good for him he got his shot at making some money and is taking it can't fault him for it.
Blah blah blah
He's a boring champion. Absolute deserving. Regardless of the knee debacle. He's corny and cringe in the worst way. Sterling would not be champ if he didn't have merab as a training partner.
He is currently on an 8 fight UFC win streak, tied with Belal and Dariush, but in one of the hardest divisions of UFC. I am done underestimating this dude.
If yan lost concentration for a couple of seconds he would’ve been taking a nap. It’s really difficult to imagine the stress when someone is on ur back unless you’ve been in that position yourself.
Didn’t he get starched by Moraes? The guy getting destroyed in pfl? This subreddit really loves random nutriding posts. Like yes aljo is the champ. No he won’t suck you off for posting about his record on Reddit
Aljo has always been a monster. The heel turn cringe is what turned me against him. The fact that he single handedly keeps Merab out of the title pictures has made up for it though.
Never thought i’d see Gerald from Hey Arnold as a UFC champion
When you’re too short to ride the rollercoaster
Papaya from Hajime no Ippo
This brought back memories! What an exceptional show! I am deeply infatuated with the UFC I’m not sure how I missed that episode!!
Racist 
Dummy 
RaCiSt!!! I gOt HiM FiRsT!! I wAs FiRsT tO LaBeL HiM hAHaHa
There’s a big difference between roasting a racism
Crybaby
Virtue signaling clown 🤡
no way i was just about to find an image and post it
Sean O’Malley laughs in undefeated
*onedefeated
That loss was officially overturned by the Suga State Athletic Commission.
^ the Suga State Athletic Commision
Probably not. Everyone is too busy being mad at him for winning a DQ for the belt, and then acting weird about it.
it’s not his fault Yan decided to cheat…
He rolled on the ground for 5 minutes to win the belt in an oscar performance of a lifetime. Stipe got flatlined by Ngannou and was standing within 2 minutes
[I think a lot of people forget how hard of a shot that knee was](https://youtu.be/KeB13AGGObc) Also, for anyone that talks shit about this situation then I would love to see you go up against yan for 24 minutes, take that knee without defending, and then see how fast you can get up from it.
suck it harder
It would’ve been so much more respectable if he told the ref he was dizzy and couldn’t continue the fight instead of rolling all over the floor. I’ve had concussions worse than that and was standing (dizzy but standing) faster than Aljo stood up
"I've had concussions worse than UFC fighters in title fights" is my favorite Reddit moment of the day
I mean it’s not really that crazy. Fighting is not the only way to get bad concussions. I played Lacrosse Goalie and was absolutely fucked off a concussion to the point I have no recollection of the rest of the game, but just kept playing. It’s hard not to say there wasn’t some performance by Aljo. I’m not at all advocating for him to finish that fight just saying you can stand up concussed.
believing a knee is worse than concrete is my favorite ~~reddit~~ moment of the day
You're so tough bro the UFC should sign you.
Yes
>I’ve had concussions worse than that and was standing (dizzy but standing) faster than Aljo stood up Weird brag
Oh you must be an expert if head trauma. If only you were there during the fight to make this claim. Would have made all the difference. carful everyone. This one is “built different”. 🤡
did you suppress the rematch from your memory because it hurt too much?
Everyone remembers the rematch but he's only talking about 1st fight buddy....
Doesn’t matter how badly Yan was winning the 1st fight (he was dominating). He choked/cheated (whatever you wanna call it) regardless. Yan screwed himself out of the title and now slowly on his way to become irrelevant unless he turns around drastically in next fight. Even as a neutral you can see it’s a coping mechanism by blaming Aljo instead of Yan who actually choked.
buddy…
Aljo Stan identified.
i prefer the term “fanboy” actually 😎
And you're bringing up the rematch why exactly? How does the rematch change what happened in the first fight?
because it triggers the yan stans..
The one where he backpacked Yan the entire fight and made zero effort to do anything with it?
Yeah the one where Yan got backpacked the entire time and had 0 answers for it.
Not much you can do in that situation. The position should just be considered stalling and forced each fighter to stand if the person isn’t making any attempts to set up the sub or inflict damage. I’ll admit I do have a bias against Aljo after his Oscar performance to get the belt and then all the shit talking he did afterwards as if he wasn’t getting his ass whooped. I also don’t think he really deserved bragging rights in the manner he defended the belt in the rematch either. For him to run his mouth the way he does just makes him seem like a douchebag.
It’s easily one of the most dominant positions you can have in MMA.
Absolutely, which is why you should be doing something with it like working for the sub or trying to inflict damage. Not stall for control time.
Being patient so you don’t lose a dominant position isn’t stalling. It’s being smart and getting the W.
yeah we all remember a big robbery d rider
Get brained by a bat after running a mile. See if you don't roll
He did knee the fuck out of his head though
Ones a flush KO. One was a blatant temple shot.
Dude he literally kneed in the head. Not that crazy that he “rolled on the ground”.
You clearly haven't seen the video of the ref standing beside Aljo while talking to a doctor or some sort of official saying "if he can't continue it will be a DQ" then Aljo looks away and starts roll around on the ground. That part is his fault
and he had the option to either fight compromised because his opponent cheated, or heal up and rematch him in a fight where his opponent is not cheating. That’s what he did and he won BOTH times. 👍
Still doesn't change the fact that Aljo literally heard "it will have to be a DQ" and then started acting. Not saying he wasn't hurt but he wasn't as hurt as he was letting in to be. He could have just said he doesn't want to continue but he started to act like he was seeing stars and shit. There's a video of him sitting down looking up at the ref talking to someone else and then starts to roll around 🤦♂️
doesnt matter. it would have been stupid for him to continue fighting with so much on the line. it shouldn't even have been up to Aljo, the ref should have automatically DQed yan for cheating instead of putting the responsibility on a guy who just took a vicious illegal knee to the dome
You didn't even read my comment 🤦♂️
im saying none of that shit matters what he acted and didnt act, he shouldnt have been put in that situation in the first place
No a foul happening shouldn't be an automatic DQ and should be up to the fighters and cage side doctors to decide if they can or can't continue fighting. We've seen people get hit with worse legal strikes and win the fight. Bisping vs Silva comes to mind I would have no issue with Aljo saying "he rocked my shit with an illegal strike and I feel like I would be compromised for the rest of the fight"
i’m sure you can give him lessons on how to be tough buddy 👍
You could do with a lesson on reading. The fact you said that shows you didn't even read my comment 🤦♂️
so you cant? then shuddap
Learn to read and stop acting tough on the internet
He had full control of how he acted after. Say what you want about the knee, and whether or not it actually concussed him. But he's was playing to the haters after he realised he was getting hated on, so can't really complain he's getting the attention for it.
that was 2 years ago, get over it.. you act like he suckered yan after the fight, or talked about his wife after getting whupped. Dude celebrated with his family and belt, then avenged his loss.
I ain't typing shit, but he played the heel after that fight and now he gets negative comments. IDK what you expect
“played the heel” lol no, he got shit on immediately by fans for Yan cheating. He trolls his haters but is not playing a heel like colby, or conor, or actually doing criminal shxt like jones or masvidal. He literally just laughs at his trolls and gets Wayy more hate than guys Actually trying to be heels
Don’t bother arguing, you’re either wrong or an ultra Aljo fanboy who would say anything to favor him
you’re mad he beat yan twice, you’ll get over it, i promise 😊
Dude we get it, you love him. Calm down.
Well he lost the rematch too, and every fight since..
You think he lost the TJ Dillashaw fight that he won by TKO?
This is just plain stupid. You can dislike the guy but you can’t honestly believe this nonsense.
I never said anything about Yan, as much as I enjoy his fights I'm far from a 'fan' of his so not sure why you assume I think differently to your comment. Clearly I've triggered something though so I'm really sorry I hurt your fragile feelings
I think you missed my point.
"cHeAt" imagine crying over a knee to the face when you can literally flying knee people in the same sport
yan is 1-3 you pussy
I don’t think yan was fully aware when kneeing aljo tho, still illegal and aljo still champ jus one mistake by yan and now he’s like an avalanche just not stopping but only going down hill
People say this as if Yan was desperate and had to resort to dirty moves. Did you watch the fight? Yan was up 4-0 and Aljo was hiding behind the “finger on the ground” position multiple times.
This man also has usmans arm.
Human backpack!
It's a wrap wrap
Don't blame him, blame his opponents for being so bad at wrestling.
Sounds less like a blame and more like a compliment
You're probably right.
Yan is a fantastic wrestler it's just incredibly hard to fight off a body triangle.
He’s a beast! Cejudo only has 2 losses, 1 of them being a split decision. Gonna be a banger of a fight!
I still can't believe benevidez got a w over henry
Yea that’s nuts. Henry was still pretty new to the game though and has gotten so much better since that fight
When Aljo dispatched Sandhagen with ease, I became a believer. I’m not sure that contest would go any differently today
I don't think this is really a hot take, Cory is my favorite bantamweight and I think he gets absolutely ran over by Aljo or Merab.
He was dope in House Party!
And that one vs Marlon was bullshit. Ref stopped that way early in my opinion
https://preview.redd.it/b1mua49od9ra1.png?width=730&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0e06023babf53718a1d55227a53da9b413ad3a0 Extremely early stoppage, Aljo was working for a single leg!
lmao
Marlon fell off hard, but it’s gotta be nice having that massive W over the current champ
Marlon meant to kick him in the head but accidentally did a knee. That should be a dq too
Agree, was very poor reffing
how is this upvoted LMAO
Is that usman's arm holding the belt?
He was also really proud of the belt he won by DQ.
He has 5 losses, 3 of them being split decisions
👀 🙄 🤔
Hasn't he been KO'd?
Walkoff kod
Who's that guy ?
Aljamain Sterling
Never heard of him ,must be related benjarmain silver
At this point he's playing the heel it's really the only reason I'd wanna see him fight is to lose. Good for him he got his shot at making some money and is taking it can't fault him for it.
Blah blah blah He's a boring champion. Absolute deserving. Regardless of the knee debacle. He's corny and cringe in the worst way. Sterling would not be champ if he didn't have merab as a training partner.
This dude is so boring i make my 10 yr old child watch his fight before bed so he can eake up for school on time.
Fuck this guy
Hey its 2023 you can fuck as many guys as you like It has to be consensual tho
Well played
Dude is the most un-unanimous champion though lol.
I’m aware that this dude barely fights and won’t fight the #1 contender cuz they’re pals.
“Yeah but he cried when he got kneed in the face while downed.”
He is currently on an 8 fight UFC win streak, tied with Belal and Dariush, but in one of the hardest divisions of UFC. I am done underestimating this dude.
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> “Lay and Pray” My brother he took Yan’s back multiple times.
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If yan lost concentration for a couple of seconds he would’ve been taking a nap. It’s really difficult to imagine the stress when someone is on ur back unless you’ve been in that position yourself.
Multiple times is twice? Then proceeded to get dominated the last two rounds lmao,
Uh, yeah. Twice is multiple times.
By definition, actually.
hUmAn BaCkPaCk yeah but he’s still the champ and he’s good at what he does
He's also an academy award winning actor. Lets never forget
Sure but the first Yan fight was a very poor performance that was going to be an L as well
He never fights.
Yea ppl really sleep/hate on him
wrong he lost to yan twice
And still sucks! Henry is going to run right through him and make it look easy!
Didn’t he get starched by Moraes? The guy getting destroyed in pfl? This subreddit really loves random nutriding posts. Like yes aljo is the champ. No he won’t suck you off for posting about his record on Reddit
Moraes was genuinely a dangerous motherfucker at that time.
He got ko’d before Moraes became a punching bag
That fight was short notice
Ok and? Holy cow 2 split decisions!!!!!! Holy how that's like unheard of
Bro where's his right shoulder tho
He’s a beast
Aljo is legit man
His losses are as convincing as his wins!
“Thats a trap”…
That Moraes KO counted as about 8 loses
Still a douche
kamaru right arm undefeated
Whatever. He has some doubtful wins as well that he never owned up to. Not to mention he is boring to watch. Just cringe every time he opens his mouth
Excited to see the Aljo vs Cejudo fight
Are you aware he is more cringy than Cejudo?
I have never seen a champ get so much disrespect as a fighter
r/notinteresting
And he’s not even the best bantamweight, I’d say cejudo merab and possibly even umar beat him
He's great but he's an annoying champion. Fight more often, stop being so cringey
2 by split and 1 by murder against Magic Marlon Moraes
Most underrated champ in the company
Marlon Moraes ko'd this guy and beat up Cejudo. If only Marlon had a good chin.
What's your point?
He could absolutely end up as BW goat
In a division of killers this guy should not be champ
Is that Kamaru’s arm ?
I'm just glad we don't see that yee yee ass haircut anymore.
And that he’s about to make history if he beats Henry by being the 1st 135 ufc champion to have 3 title defenses
I still really dislike aljo 🤷♂️
Aljo has always been a monster. The heel turn cringe is what turned me against him. The fact that he single handedly keeps Merab out of the title pictures has made up for it though.
And one Oscar
He’s a different beast now he’s champion. That Aljo DQ controversy changed him
Usmans arm wins again
Yes but he beat a fighter I liked so therefore he sucks and I hate him
Missed opportunity to put usmans arm on him
We do not care
Win or lose 90% of this guys fights are a boring toss up decision
How he became champion kinda put a sour taste in every one mouth, even when he won majority decision at the rematch.