Aljamain Sterling is willing to give credit where credit is due following his second-round technical knockout loss to Sean O’Malley in the UFC 292 headliner.
“He was better than what I thought in his footwork,” Sterling said of O’Malley at Saturday’s post-fight press conference. “That was one of the things I tried to get guys to emulate, because I knew that is a hard thing to do. I do it myself when I go side to side, but it’s different when someone else is doing it to you, and I can’t track this motherf—-er down. I tracked him down a couple of times, but then he would spin out at the last second.
With that, Sterling’s reign as bantamweight champion came to an end. While the stoppage was viewed by some as premature, “Funk Master” ultimately couldn’t fault referee“I felt like the fight could’ve still kept going, to be honest,” Sterling said. “I rolled over to try to come back up, and as soon as he stepped in, I was fine. It was just one of those things. I can’t be mad at the ref. It is what it is.
“He stayed disciplined to his game plan, and I kind of let trying to be a little bit more of an exciting style for the fans play a factor … We’ve seen bad fights before, where it’s like not much happens, because no one wants to make that grave mistake. I made the mistake, Sean capitalized. I paid for it.”
The short answer, no, the boos don’t bother me,” he said. “I’m glad the crowd actually has a reaction.”
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