Aljamain Sterling: I'm Not Afraid of Petr Yan! | Joe Rogan

I love how much the Band-Aid division has heated up. It's been such a crazy ride for myself and just being a part of this and being able to see like the wave and generations of different fighters coming in and out. You know, I was talking about it like El Nino, you know, Gilbert Melendez and seeing like when he was on the top and now he's kind of like his fight last fight with Arnold Allen is kind of like you can kind of see like the passing of the guard or maybe. Maybe he's just not a because I know he poppets some type of PD also. So maybe that was something to do with it or maybe 35, I think, or six. Yeah. And Arnold Allen's 25 and fucking nasty. So young bull. Yeah. And he's being trained by Farazah Habi, who I mean, I don't think there's anybody better. Yeah. In terms of trainers, I think there's like just as good or in the neighborhood of good. But he's the fucking man, as far as I'm concerned. Yeah. And there's just a lot of just a lot of hot prospects just coming out. And you got the Corey St. Hagen's even Rivera. I know Rivera lost two fights in a row now, but he's still as tough as they come. He was beating Pityon until he got dropped at rounds one and two. He won round three, even having his nose busted up and everything. That Piotr Jan, though, man, he is a seasoned striker. It's really interesting to see him with a guy like Jimmy who relies on his power and his toughness and, you know, his bulldog tenacity to see him get lit up in those two rounds. So Jan just set traps and look for openings. Then when he finally found him, he just caught him. Braxom. Yeah. I mean, it's a really exciting division right now. Real exciting. That might be my next fight, though. Him for the belt. I would hope I would think that would be the next fight. And I'm I kind of like that matchup. He actually tried to punk me at the UFC PI Center last week. It was kind of it was funny at the same time. I was like, dude, I'm not really understanding. And then on my left side, I got I'm getting worked on. I got Yuna Kaskaya, whatever her name is. She's on my left side and she's getting worked on. And then I didn't know there were teammates. So he comes in. He's at the mirror. He's doing like the thumb thing like slashing his throat. I start busting out laughing and I show him the belt and I start slashing my throat. I'm like, yeah, you know, I'm going to get the strap, whatever. So he comes in and comes in with this camera crew. And it starts to go a little bit back and forth, but I can't understand. He doesn't really speak English. Right. So I guess he says something and then she translated out of nowhere. So I'm like, I'm getting ganged up on right now. And then she's like, he says, why are you afraid to fight him in Moscow? And I was like, whoa, where did I just come from? But then I look back at him like no one's tell him no one's afraid to fight him. And then I thought I thought about it. I was like, wait, motherfucker, who's ranked higher? You don't call the shots. I call the shots. I was like, you're not Dana White. You're not Sean Shelby. You fight where I say you're going to fight or wherever Dana says we're going to fight. So don't don't sit here and try to like act like I'm anyone's afraid to fight you. I'm like, what? I don't want to go to Moscow to fight. That's one. I will openly admit that. He live in Russia. He he lives in I think he's from Siberia. Oh, from what I know. But I know he trains Tiger Muay Thai. OK, that's right. So he trains in Thailand and he lives or he's from the coldest, most dangerous part of the world. Great. Yeah. I'm not looking to go there and fight their guy. I'm like, I mean, if I have to, I will. Is there a Moscow card scheduled? There was talkings of it. And I think November. Oh, upcoming. Yeah. Oh, wow. Well, it would be a cool experience, but it's not not an ideal thing for me in terms of financial situation, getting out there, paying the taxes. I'm like, dude, this is. I just rather be home, not, you know, somewhere. Yeah, like I don't care for worry. I fight him in a fucking bathroom. I would have for him in the P.I. Center if he was acting, you know, if he if he deserved it. But it is what it is. I'm like, dude, no one's afraid. I'm a fighter. I don't understand what fighters try to intimidate fighters and make it look like we find a cage. Right. You know, it's like, dude, but it does work. The thing is, like, fucking with people's heads is real. Yeah, that's true. That is true. Like a best example. Josie always one of the greatest fighters of all time. Yeah. I really believe that he was out of his composure when he fought Connor. And that's one of the reasons why charged after Connor and Connor cracked him with that straight left. It's like Connor was in his head that he was working in the back room when he was like, yeah, yeah, that's unreal. Yeah, unreal. Unreal. I mean, he planned it out. He knew it was coming. It's like Mazvidal practicing that flying knee against Askren. It's really similar. Yeah. It's like you know tendencies and you also know emotions. And he just wanted to get at Connor so bad. Yeah. And Connor knew he was coming. So you like give him some feints, hop around, throw some sidekicks, hop around. Knows he's coming. And as he's coming, catches him. Perfect. Catch them coming in. Well, again, similar because they're both coming at each other. Yeah. Charging in and getting caught. Crazy. Car crash. But I don't think I don't know if he really thinks he's going to intimidate me. I don't know if that's what he thinks or I don't know. He's trying it. It's a time honored, proven tactic. Yeah. You get inside someone's head, they get angry. And one or two things happens. Either they fuck you up more because now they're really personal about it. You know, like like Mazvidal. Yeah. Or it bothers them and they lose. Some people lose, genuinely lose their composure if they don't like a fighter. Yeah. You know, they're used to that cowboy and they do. Yes. That was an insane fight. And that was I think that's last time he probably ever let himself get mad. He said something like that. Well, I was a learning experience. You know, he realized that like that shit talking fucked with his head. And, you know, but there's some guys who do better when they should talk. Yeah.