""It was tight. I could definitely feel my trachea; everything was kind of closing off, it was really hard to breathe. I was starting to wheeze a little bit, it felt like it was starting to get a little black.""
""I'm gonna go to sleep because I'm just not tapping. I just could not give him the satisfaction that he made me tap. If that was training, I would have tapped.""
Aljamain Sterling faced Youssef Zalal in the main event at UFC Fight Night 274, where he dominated the fight despite a brief scare from a guillotine choke in the third round. Sterling managed to defend against the choke, which he described as very tight, and continued to control the fight, ultimately winning by unanimous decision. He acknowledged that he might have tapped in a training scenario but refused to give in during the match, demonstrating his resilience and determination.
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