Aljamain Sterling Considered Retiring If He Lost At UFC 300 | The MMA Hour
Aljamain Sterling discusses his #UFC300 fight week, his featherweight debut, why he may have called it quits with a loss, his weight cut, his lack of a post-fight interview, Movsar Evloev or Brian Ortega next, Dana White’s comments, the new gloves, Holloway vs. Topuria, and more.
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Aljo went 8/13 on takedowns on Kattar who was physically bigger and has a 91% takedown defense percentage 👏💪
@@MrRocca stop diceating.. it's so hard for ya weirdos to just give respect. Everything is condescending and back-handed
And fkn power bombed him too
@@johngotti3487 what wrestler has Kattar fought before?
@@johngotti3487exactly!
@@johngotti3487 if Khabib had done this and powerbombed Kattar, these clowns would be on him.
Aljo should fight Ortega or Evloev next, the grappling in those fights would be wild
Evloev is due for a title fight, long overdue in fact. Aljo should fight Ortega for who decides the title shot next (assuming Holloway doesn't want it).
@@zachlovescats95pack it in
@@zachlovescats95who has he fought? evoloev is a nobody. Aljo vs Brian for the title dhot
@@friedmotherboards23958 fight win streak and he’s beaten Arnold Allen, Dan ige, & Diego Lopez as of recent. He could def fight a top5 guy or 2 for a title shot. Leon got his shot off of a 9 fight win streak with comparatively similar competition
@@friedmotherboards2395 I agree. movsar last 3 fights were good opponents but Arnold Allen was the only top 10 guy (he may have been 5 rank at the time of that fight) he fought and now movsar ranked 5.. he didnt fight edson barboza, josh emmet, kattar, bryce mitchell, giga chikadze all good fighters but now hes do for a title fight? yea right at least one more top5 guy before he gets a title fight
It says a lot about Aljo that Kattar couldn't touch him. Kattar has messed up a lot of dudes but didn't do a single bit of damage to Sterling. Flawless performance from Aljo and all the haters can keep crying
🎯 Aljo's defense and footwork was the most impressive part of that fight! Unfortunately casuals don't appreciate that type of stuff lol
It's nuts how much Aljo doesn't get his flowers. He's a master in there.
Kattar just really isn't that great. Dude can't grapple.
@@mickiejames08we all know why he doesn’t get his flowers. The same reason woodlet and usman don’t either smh
@@AJ-zy9jfhe’s a good wrestler
Aljo is one of the most honest, and real fighters in the world, it's crazy how much he's achieved without the delusional confidence that a lot of champions have, to many guys, the thought of losing is never an option. Aljo is very real and transparent, I think fans need to embrace him more.
he’s put his personality out there more lately and i think he’s turning a corner for people as a person instead of their opinion of his fights.
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There was lots of delusion happening before O'Malley put his lights out.
Agree and actually feel the same about Suga. Both very open and honest with what could happen, how they feel etc.
@@michaelbeard4883true I’ve noticed that too
ITS TIME (bruce buffer voice), to stop the hate on Aljo. He is a solid dude, has a boring style but obviously a great human being. I will never not support this guy
Well said!
I AGREE WITH THAT 💯👍
said by someone who either doesn’t pay for the their ppv or illegal streams. when you’re paying each and every ppv, fighters that make u feel like u got ur moneys worth are favored. fighters like aljo that make me feel like i wasted my money. ESPECIALLY when he was champ
@@mateomeredith1495 Dont spend your money on fighters that grapple then if you cant appreciate the martial art. I feel bad for casuals like you :/
@@nasri710 So glad aljo didn’t get even a post fight interview, fighters like max and gaethje are real warriors giving us a show worth remembering in these legendary scraps. Can you really tell me you remember anything about aljo vs kattar the day after?? Nobody cares if you cant make them excited about your fights and aljo style is just straight snooze fest 😴
Love this guy man. stays true to himself and is truly a blue collar hard worker. Hard to hate this guy with the amount of high-level skill he possesses and the championship run he had. Aljamain is the man!
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@@mmacult5336 and you’re here replying to comments 😂 kickback brother
Aljo deserves so much more respect. not the most exiting fighter but he’s dominant when he sticks to what he’s best at
0 respect for him
@@mmacult5336casual hater
Idk why people hate on Aljo he’s the best bantamweight of all time ? An he sounds like a cool lad 👌🏼 Good luck getting to the top of your new division bro 👊🏼 big love from 🏴
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He nullified Kattar. Great win.
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That performance by Aljo reminded me of Khabib. He dominated Kattar, broke him mentally, drug him to deep water and drowned him. Kattar's face when 3rd round ended was very reminiscent of Barbosa's face after fighting Khabib
👌🏼
In a 5 rounder it would be rough. But aljo needs to work ground and pound into his game more. His grappling is absurd, great wrestling/bjj blend. But if his opponents can go 100% grappling defense without worrying about getting hurt, most guys for the rest of his career are going to be good enough to survive.
@@sexuallobster134679especially if he’s gonna fight the yairs, volks or even Ortega/Ilias of this division
He will never sniff another title shot.
@@sexuallobster134679good point, Hearing him talk about it sounds like it’s a mental thing, he gets scared that he’ll give up position and get rocked
Aljo needs to work on his mental side, he is good but he always doubts himself! If he can get his mind right he will be even better than he already is.
I agree he had one loss and to the current champion and he wanted to retire? Quite bizarre.
I get what you mean, but it's so refreshing to see someone real and relatable in that aspect, many fighters have delusional confidence, which is needed in the fight game, but this is just a real, normal dude, who happens to be one of the best fighters in the world.
He wants acceptance. He wants people to cheer for him and appreciate his style. How can you not doubt yourself when no tells you did good. I think we wants to be an exciting fighter but that’s just not meant for him.
I can actually relate. I’m not where at the level of Aljo and even when I have great performances I think I sucked until I rewatched the fight. Everytime I lost in the amateurs I felt like the world crumbles. Everyone is different and everyone deals with stress differently as long as you keep striving and working hard I think that’s totally normal.
They all doubt themselves, he’s just honest about it.
After this interview. Im sorry aljo. Feel bad for the hate you getting i was one of the trash talkers. But you dont deserve it after this explanation. Means you are trying to be more exciting. Wish you luck on the next one 🙏
Aljo's energy level and cardio at 145 looked great at 145. Dude had enough left in the tank to powerbomb a grown man against his will late in the fight. Took down a bigger guy down at will (Kattar had a 92% takedown defense before the fight) Aljo vs Volk or T City would be super interesting at 145
So what are your thoughts on Aljo AT 145
What about at 145 though?
@@JM..88.. thought I was the only one 😂
The hate for this guy sucks. I like this fella. He's a sick fighter, and he's a good dude!
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@@mmacult5336we get it, you don’t like Aldo. Stop replying the same bs
Aljo seems like a legit guy, can't say I'm a fan of watching his fights but he's gotta do what's the best for himself.
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@@mmacult5336 Keyboard warrior 😂😂
Aljos too hard on himself , guys already a legend
it’s because UFC fans suck
UFC fans are the lowest common denominator
As an Englishman, Aljo is totally right about the American fans (I’m sure there are a lot of you who will support your fighters every time) but in Europe, whenever we watch an English fighter fight, we support them, if my Polish friends are watching the Polish fighters, they support the hell out of them and even my Serbian mates were going absolutely mental for Rakić… hope Aljo gets a bit more support from the American fans after UFC 300.
he’s american but he’s Black american
@@tlungu962 England supports Leon edwards
It is because of the abundance. Most fighters are Americans. So, the fans choose who they like and who they hate. If you follow the EPL, a lot of English players are hated by most English fans. And the few American footballers that make it to the EPL get almost unanimously supported by the few "soccer" fans that there are in the US.
I saw a comment somewhere that said “if aljo was Russian y’all would love him!” 😅😭
Aljo the man
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@mmacult5336 get a life bro
GREAT INTERVIEW WITH THE FUNK MASTER , ALJO 💯👍
Some of you casuals are unbelievable and should watch BKFC if you don’t want to watch grappling. The art of MMA is not always supposed to be a slugfest. The grappling in that fight was extremely high level. Was awesome to see Aljo neutralize someone as dangerous as kattar
We love grappling, but we don’t like laying and praying. Aljo did nothing with his grappling apart from getting control time.
Come on Aljo believe in yourself man.
He's an overachiever. The gym stories I've heard about Aljo is a lot of people get the best of him on a regular basis. So there's a reason for his confidence not being sky high, he knows he's gotten quite a few lucky rolls of the dices, and quite possibly should've never held the UFC title, period.
@@puntsizelmaoooo delusional as hell. Nobody gets lucky in the business, he earned it all through his hardwork
When it’s all said and done people will respect aljo. remember how they treated usman and Izzy then vs now
Aljo has really grown on me and even his style I appreciate a lot more. It would be great to see him integrate some more ground and pound, since hes such a good grappler but I hope he goes far at FW nonetheless.
DOMINANT 30-27 performance in a new weight class!!! ..First time I watched UFC and had to Mute the commentary.. Keep winning Bro👊🏻✊🏻
145 Funkmaster Great Guy 🔥🔥
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If it’s Max vs Tuporia then it should be Aljo vs Volk for the winner of the title match, gives Alex time to recover and it’s a legacy fight of the former dominant champions
I like that idea
Nah topuria v volk rematch and then evloev v holloway for number 1 contender and then ortega v aljo for the number 1 contender after the other one
@@stg678max doesn’t need to fight movsar. Evoloev should fight Ortega or lopes. Aljo can fight Ortega too
man aljo is a legend idc what anyone says ultimate competitor only fights at the highest level amazing resume and record very vulnerable and relatable funny dude very dominant performance huge fan of aljo
i love watching aljo fight. yeah he might not be getting flashy knockouts but his grappling is on point.
Congrats Aljo🎉. It was complete dominant performance you had, I can't wait to see you challenge for a the title in this new weight class. I'm from Jersey I was there in Newark you had many fans cheering unfortunately when they were booing you those guys were louder and many of them happened to be Hispanic...many casuals especially clueless woman rooting for the guys with the Hispanic last name...it happens alot in the tritate area even at boxing events. In long Island at the UBS it felt like we were in Mexico for Ortega vs Rodriguez
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They did aljo dirty. I don’t like that
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Not giving aljo a post fight interview was bs. If umar did that to kattar people would be saying hes the goat and needs a title shot.
31:24 i feel like Aljo is too grounded to say alot of things which makes him loose his aggression. He needs to get more agressive with the passion and talent he has. (MAMBA)
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It's so f##ked up aljo is such an elite grappler that we miss all the minute striking displayes and tactics that gets these elite fighters off there game.#real fans.
I love Aljo and how honest he is about what he thinks. His fight was boring to watch. But when Calvin is actively just staying in one position and not trying to get out it’s hard to make things fun and get a finish from that
That's defending intelligently. Ref can realize there hasn't been a transition now in five years and stand them up because it's literally getting nowhere, or you can complain about the guy trying to defend himself on rather the guy who put the whole fight into that situation. If someone's a good grappler, people will do what they can to prevent giving them any openings. If someone nullifies the advances of a grappler who's on the offense to the point it becomes a pajama party, ref is supposed to do something about it. You expect Aljo to hump Kattar for 15 minutes but do not expect Kattar to try and protect himself?
You know I didn’t care ever care much for aljo till OMALLEY beat him then really saw how humble he is and he put on a performance tonight he should’ve got a post fight interview he was a long raining bantamweight champion.
That was an impressive performance by sterling, respect champ 💪 (much love from France 🇫🇷)
Great win ‼️🎯 GSP and Khabib won MANY fights that way
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@@mmacult5336 yeah GSP definitely had boring pillow hands lol had like 10 straight decisions before he took on one eye Bisping
Aljo with arguably the least appreciated performance of 300, proved he can hang with the top 10 at FW
Aljo not sure if he can compete… also aljo dominated a killer for 15 minutes straight. Like dude you are arguable the best 135er ever and top of the best deepest most skilled position why would you question going a few pounds up with way less skilled (outside of top 3) guys. Good luck aljo
man Aljo doesn’t deserve the hate he gets, hes a good dude
Aljo seems like a super chill guy. It's unfortunate that many fans don't appreciate the ground game like they do slugfests, but that was a dominant performance regardless. Good stuff, Aljo.
People forget Aljo was coming off a tko loss. Sometimes you just need that win any means necessary.
If it was a fight night main event we would be talking about how much he dominated kattar and he is bummed but all he needs is to throw punches when he is on the ground and he would have alot more love
Kattar looked more gun shy then anything Idk why but forget about pulling the trigger he didn’t even hold the gun up.
he has gotten beaten down too many times. that's why.
Because he’s in front of a good striker and a better grappler
Classy as always let’s go aljo
Stoked for Aljos successful debut at 145. He should be proud of his performance 👍🏻
Good attitude. Good person. Boring fukking fights.
Not always, but I do agree this fight he played it very, very safe. Took 0 risks to get the finish
@@ngz1123only people who care are people who don’t train a martial art, if you do you’ll appreciate his grappling. dudes a genius.
@@spectre8469so basically 90 percent of the ufc fanbase
@@jackreacher2095 yeah unfortunately hahah, but that’s why we just don’t listen to those guys. My lil bro is like that, dudes 20 and has never trained grappling or striking but knows everything about mma. It honestly cracks me up, because there are some people genuinely in there who understand it. I’m trying to get my black belt and my lil bro knows more than me from watching 🤣🤣!! the mma fan base is rough, none of them have actually done it which is totally fine. just understand the difference between being a fan vs training it.
That was a good wrestling match. He did what he needed to do
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Aljo is a beast who cares about the casual fans who can’t admire a complete shut out Aljo is a champ
Great showing sir
Ill never understand how they blame the wrestler for making it boring blame the dude laying on his back waiting for the ref
he rarely gnp, he rarely goes for subs, 80% of his plan is to lay on the guy
Man. I felt really sad for him that he wasnt given an interview.
Great performance, ready for aljo ranked high and fighting ortega in nyc
This man has a good heart. Id like to see fans celebrate him more
Congratz aljo, looking for the future exciting matchups in 45 for him.
Solid dude! Good luck Aljo moving forward!
Love Aljo. Hopefully gets in the title mix again
aljos hands even looked clean this fight
These are facts. He was piecing Katter up
looked clean? he didnt used them :D pillow hands clownjo
You did good man. I know its a stretch but for your health the weight cut even at FW. I would say look at lightweight division but.. thats pretty stacked. Although your grappling is elite. Just compete at what you feel comfortable at. Keep on trucking Aljo!
If aljo is gonna smother people like this i want to see him fight a high level grappler. One sided grappling fights are boring but two wizards wrestling is always a joy to watch
Aljos under appreciated for real, humble dude
never seen that type of visceral that fans have thrown at champs like i’ve seen with Aljo, Usman & Izzy .. Aljo a cool dude
Great work Aljo! Arguably the best Bantamweight to ever do it in the UFC. I hope you can make a run at 145 as well.
Messed up rogan didnt interview him after the W
How they didn't give him an interview is WWWIIIIIILLLLLDDD and clearly shows there is some kind of agenda against him. Literally makes no sense. There is always time to give someone a question or two. Especially a champ like him that just put on a great performance moving up in weight against a killer. God will continue to bless you Aljo. Keep up the great work.
Aljo deserves all the props n respect. Y'all need to appreciate his style, his charisma, the action he brings, his realness. Stop booing that brutha. It's gotta be T-City, next. Respect to Kattar as well, that dude will still smoke most heads on this planet.
Aljo is a legend respect and love
It was exactly like Max said it was a Blessed Highlight.
Don't let my comment distract you from the fact that the Prince of Saiyans is behind the Funkmaster!
next!! Arlen 🏴 vs 🇯🇲🇺🇲 Sterling Ortega 🇺🇲🇲🇽 vs 🇧🇷🇲🇽 Lopes
I feel like Aljo interviews with Ariel are always a therapy session that we get to watch lol
That powerbomb had me so hype ngl
Because it was the only 2-3 seconds of a 15 minutes slumber party where nothing else happened.
Aljamain Sterling es una muy buena Persona y Peleador dominar sin recibir daño contra Kattar no es fácil, 25:35 fue lo que Justin Gaethje debió hacer jajjaja
ever time i listen to aljo i feel he is totally a down to earth guy, humble, likeable etc etc but he constantly get boo-ed ? even be americans like he said. i feel it's almost cool to not like him and like we do most of us are followers to whatever trend is going on.
UFC fans are some of the worst people in America. There’s a very obvious reason they rooted for Yan over Aljo, despite him being the American. They think they have more in common with Yan. You can figure out what that is
I also disagree with what Ariel said about the UFC putting him on the card - on paper it was a dangerous fight and they probably put him on there to lose and when it didn't work out they decided to not let him get on the mic. Mystery solved ;)
Put some respect on Aljo's name. He is a legitimate contender in the FW division. Absolutely dominated Kattar.
I feel bad for aljo man. The way he said that it did hurt a bit when he didn’t get an interview it made me sad to be honest. Just seems like he never gets his flowers.
Bro already lost one belt trying to please booing fans. If they are booing they aren't your fans. Wrestler wrestle
Aljo did what hes best at....hes a champion....i respect it.
Dont change anything Aljo. Fight the exact same and prove that boring fighters can expose these belt holders
i was very impressed by the performance...very fast and strong...
Always been a likeable guy 🙌
Anyone that hates this man is just doing it because they can't think for their selves or can't find success in their own life🤷🏽♂️. Congratulations on the win Aljo!💪🏽🔥💪🏽🔥💪🏽🔥.
Aljo is a really cool guy , his haters are all casuals
Aljo is a goat man don’t listen to the haters that’s a dominant performance
Boring performance
I don't get why people hate this dude man, hope he gets the love he deserves before he retires
My favorite fighter hands down
Aljo is great guy,great champion and ufc star
Aljo you da man , the real ones know !!
Legend ALJO 🖤
The difference between a real journalist and Ariel is that Ariel’s agenda is always to get a sound bite. I mean what’s the point of the question “How did you feel being the only fighter without an in-cage interview?”
The bias was unreal. They didn't boo weili for grappling (bc that gave her the best chance at winning that fight), but like a classic aljo audience reaction, they booed him for grappling. Idk what they expect. If you're dominant and can win in a one dimensional way, do it your way, that's what got him here. Sure, it was boring, and he didn't do much damage at all during the grappling exchanges (hopefully he can improve on that in the featherweight division), but he dominated kattar and was hardly touched beyond the grappling.
It’s weird, all those same fans love Colby the wrestler. Wonder what the difference is….?
It is not about grappling. Khabib did not get boo-ed. Almeida did not get boo-ed when he was not wet blanket-ing Lewis. Weili almost subbed Yan in the first round and then almost TKOed her in the second round. Even Aljo did not get boo-ed when he jumped on Sandhagen and finished him in less than a minute or even when he finished one-shoulder TJ. Why people don't like what Aljo did is very obvious.
@@somdutroy💯well said. I like Aldo as a person but his fighting style is boring af. I wish he would be more aggressive and look for the finish. Especially when he is so much better than his opponent in the ground.
People really need to start putting some respect on this mans name..
I loved this fight man
Great win
Dominant performance but dull fight. Thats on Kattar as well, he didnt let his hands go at all. Minimal damage. Take a solid win and move on. People want crazy fights all night because of the event and other fighters delivered on that. So you absolutely get overlooked because you should. Fair is fair.
People who hate on him are crazy. He dominated n easily took down a top 10 fighter with 1 of the highest take down defense percentage
I know he doesn't have the names, but I think it should be Evloev Sterling next. That would show if Movsar's lack of names in his fights should make him a REAL top 5 FW contender... if Aljo wins he goes top 5 then gets Ortega next. Allen vs Emmett and then Volk gets immediate rematch as most champs do & Yair vs Kattar jus to keep the division moving. But man that was a performance by Aljo huh?
He threw Diego's name in there too. I could definitely see them making that fight if Aljo is open to it.
Jessica also didn’t get interview