MOSCOW, April 8, Oleg Bogatov. Russian mixed martial artist (MMA) Alexander Shlemenko said that the interim champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Russian Petr Yan, is a clear favorite for the second fight with the American promotion champion Aljamain Sterling. The fight will take place on April 10 as part of the 273rd UFC tournament in Jacksonville (USA). In the first fight, which took place in March 2021, Jan lost the title after being disqualified for an illegal knee to the opponent’s head. “For me, Peter is a clear favorite,” Shlemenko said. “The first fight showed everything. «You can watch the first fight. If Sterling at least fought or did something, but he just endured. No offense to anyone, especially his opponent, but Petya is stronger. Sterling can be given at best 20 percent of the chance, or even 10. Of course, everyone always has a chance, but it seems to me that this is not the case. All factors are on the side of Peter. He just needs to be careful not to make some stupid mistake. Everything goes to the fact that everything will be fine «.» Sterling's threats in social networks? Yes, you look who threatened whom more. Petya did not agree with him. No offense to Petya, but it seems to me that in this situation it was he who initiated this (thrash talk). It seems to me that all jokes, jokes, insults on the Internet came from the side we were his teams, and Sterling answered,» the agency's interlocutor added.
