UFC bantamweight champion, Aljamain Sterling, had some harsh words for former longtime MMA referee, and current Bellator commentator John McCarthy.
Sterling spoke with journalist Ariel Helwani on the latest edition of his show The MMA Hour and responded to McCarthy claiming that there was "no way in the world" Sterling won the first round of his rematch with former UFC bantamweight champ, Petr Yan, at UFC 273 this past weekend.
“The rule book, as per the criteria, you score damage, effective striking, and my striking was more effective and I controlled and dictated where the fight took place that entire round," Sterling said (h/t MMA Fighting) "So I think it’s pretty black and white. And let’s not even talk about the elbow I cracked him on his head with that made him stumble backward, that was the most significant strike of that round. So people that say robbery, what is a robbery? I don’t even know what a robbery is anymore. Everything is a robbery because your guy didn’t win the round. There’s absolutely no way you could score that round — big stupid John McCarthy voice. Dude, go get a clue. I don’t know how this guy was ever the blueprint standard of MMA, because that guy sucks. His opinion stinks and it sucks. He just says shit, and I think he just wants people to think he knows what he’s talking about. I think he had an MMA school, I think he had fighters, which one of them ever did anything? What did his school ever do? Because clearly this guy is so great, so what has he ever accomplished, other than trying to judge people and being completely wrong about the scoring criteria of the fight. If you want to have an opinion, have an opinion, John. It’s OK, but it doesn’t mean you’re correct, because you are not going by the criteria of how you score a fight. So please just be quiet and let the big boys do what they do at a high level, something you’ve never been able to accomplish. Relax there, buddy.”
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