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Farah Hannoun

T.J. Dillashaw: Aljamain Sterling ‘doesn’t have that fighting spirit in him,’ loses to ‘killer’ Petr Yan in rematch

T.J. Dillashaw thinks Petr Yan will have his way with Aljamain Sterling.

Yan (16-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) appeared to be en route to defeating Sterling at UFC 259 this past March until he threw an illegal knee in Round 4 which rendered Sterling (20-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) unable to continue. The resulting disqualification cost Yan the bantamweight title.

Since then, Yan captured a piece of his title back when he defeated Cory Sandhagen at UFC 267 to claim an interim belt and is set to run things back with Sterling at UFC 273 in April. Based on the way the first fight was going, Dillashaw doesn’t see Sterling able to make the necessary adjustments.

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