Aljamain Sterling vs Petr Yan — UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Aljamain Sterling vs Petr Yan

Bantamweight · Title bout · 5 rounds · Card

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Aljamain SterlingWinner

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UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya

Saturday, March 6, 2021 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Aljamain Sterling def. Petr Yan

Disqualification (Illegal Knee to Grounded Opponent) · Round 4 · 4:29 · 5 Rnd (5-5-5-5-5)

Referee · Mark SmithSource · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Disqualification · R4 · 4:29

Aljamain SterlingRound 4Petr Yan

24 / 62Sig. strikes32 / 47

39%Accuracy68%

27 / 66Total strikes33 / 48

0Knockdowns0

0 / 4Takedowns1 / 1

0Sub. attempts0

0:08Control0:41

5.4Pace / min7.1

16%Control share84%

Aljamain Sterling

Targethead 46% · body 42% · leg 13%

Phasedistance 79% · clinch 13% · ground 8%

Petr Yan

Targethead 72% · body 16% · leg 13%

Phasedistance 78% · clinch 16% · ground 6%

Statistical signals

Output edgePetr Yan landed 32 significant strikes to 24.Striking edgePetr Yan struck at 68% accuracy to 39%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R3

Accuracy shiftAljamain Sterling's significant-strike accuracy moved -11 pts, 39% against 50%.
Pace upPetr Yan's significant-strike pace moved +19% from R3 to R4, 7.1 against 6.0 per minute.
Accuracy shiftPetr Yan's significant-strike accuracy moved +11 pts, 68% against 57%.
Target shiftPetr Yan's head share of landed strikes moved +19 pts, to 72% head with 16% body and 13% leg.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Aljamain Sterling

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Petr Yan

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

97Aljamain Sterling sig. strikes

86Petr Yan sig. strikes

4rounds observed

+200%largest pace swing, R2 to R3 (Petr Yan)