Aljamain Sterling's trainer reports threats suffered after UFC 259

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The illegal knee that disqualified Petr yan and consecrated aljamain sterling as bantamweight champion (up to 61,2kg) he continues to have repercussions. After the event, the challenger was accused, including by former fighters, of faking injury. The American's coach, Ray Longo, told the website 'MMA Junkie' who received threats over the phone and vehemently denied that his athlete had faked an injury to win the match.

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“When I woke up, I just turned over and looked at my phone and there was a message saying, 'You're a piece of shit.' These things are really crazy. I never went on social media and I never said anything negative. I do not know why. I don't know. There must be a lot of miserable people out there. I don’t even want to think about it,” said the coach.

Longo sent a message to those who think everything was an invention of Sterling. The coach said that he went with his pupil to the hospital and that he even had to undergo a CT scan.

“People who think this kid was faking are mentally deficient in many areas because when I left him he was vomiting in the house. When I left, he had gone to bed. He had a CT scan and they released him. It was a cruel shot. It was blatant”, concluded Ray Longo.

After the unexpected end of the long-awaited fight, the two athletes already know that the confrontation will be repeated in the near future. In the press conference after the show, UFC president Dana White stated that Sterling's injury was not serious and that the fight will be resumed as soon as possible.

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