Miami – The former UFC Coq weight champion, Aljamain Sterling, has not finished chasing gold.
“The Funk Master” has already left its mark on the UFC 135 pound division by winning the title and recording three defenses. After having abandoned the title at Sean O’malley at the UFC 292, Sterling (24-5 MMA, 16-5 UFC) moved to featherweights, winning a great victory during his divisional beginnings against Calvin Kattar at the UFC 300.
Given his name and his status as a former champion, he was probably in a victory if he could exceed the invoked Movsar Evloev at the UFC 310. Unfortunately, the judges were not on his side that night , which made him question his future fight.
“Many fans do not think they have lost this fight,” Sterling told MMA Junkie. “I watched it a few times now, and I still don’t think I have lost the fight. Obviously, the judges are the judge, so everything they say will stay in history books. I would love to make it go back With him, if not, maybe fight Arnold Allen, Brian Ortega.
As an fighter 1-1 to 145 pounds, Sterling, 35, remains confident that a path to the title is always viable. For the moment, the speech of retirement has appeased. Upcoming fights must have meaning, however. Sterling wants to get his hands on the featherweight title and is open to take it any path that might require.
“I want to fight,” said Sterling. “I don’t really want to fight, but if I have to prove my value again, then that’s what it is. I always continue this gold. If I could get a second gold belt, guy, c ‘is another inherited thing that people cannot withdraw me.
“So, I continue the story at this stage. Of course, the pay checks are good, but I don’t fight just to be there to say that I am fighting. I’m here to beat the best guys. I” I “I” I am here to say that I fought the best guys, and that’s what it is for the rest of my career. ”
Sterling is currently at n ° 9 in the featherweight classification of the UFC. Evloev holds place n ° 4, while the names he mentioned as the following potential opponents, Ortega and Allen, hold the No. 6 and 7 respectively. Although it is a little further on the scale that He would not wish, Sterling remains confident that a victories would immediately put him back in the mixture of title, especially given the uncertainty of the current champion, Ilia Topuria.
“I would say (I am) perhaps one or two fights,” said Sterling. “So, it really depends on the landscape, on my appearance in the fight, what Topuria will do. If he wants to leave, then it puts two new challengers to fight for a released belt. So it really depends.
“I don’t really know what will happen in the future, but I’m patiently waiting. I hope I can make my return in April. Maybe fighting again in August or September, and prepare to leave.”
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