Top 7 UFC fights of 2022 so far

4. Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan 2

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After their first controversial fight, there was a lot of bad blood between bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling and interim champion Petr Yan.

If Yan controlled the first fight (until the infamous illegal knee) their second fight, at UFC 273, was way more even.

Sterling was strong in round two and three, with more than seven minutes of ground control, but Yan clearly had the fourth and fifth. The first round was up for grabs, and in the end, the judges scored the fight 48-47, 48-47, 47-48 in Sterling’s favour.

“I thought that the judges blew that one,” UFC president Dana White said at the post-fight presser. “I had it 3-2 the other way. I don’t know how you guys scored it. I guess it’s all in how you score that first round.”