Aljamain Sterling left and returned to his home base as a champion. The UFC bantamweight titleholder was successful in his first defense, defeating Petr Yan in the co-main event of UFC 273 this past weekend in Jacksonville, Fla. Sterling (21-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) won the contest via split decision . It was a title unification bout, as Yan was the interim champion. It was arguably Sterling’s biggest win of his career, as he was just months removed from a neck surgery, hadn’t fought in over a year, and was coming off a controversial win over Yan – which he won via disqualification after taking an illegal knee to the head
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