Aljamain Sterling considers him to be one victory as he secures alternatives for the featherweight championship.
After securing a dominant unanimous resolution victory over Shanghai’s perennial candidate and one-off title challenger Brian Ortega, Sterling continued to climb the featherweight rankings.
The previous bantamweight king, who at the moment sat because the fifth-place candidate within the division, believes he is just one win away from the crack of present 145-pound title holder Alexander Volkanovsky.
“I believe the following potential matchup is Diego Lopez or Aerodriguez,” Sterling stated when he appeared on a pound-four-pound podcast with Camal Usman and Henry Sejude. “You may’t deny me at that time. Who else is there? For example you are going previous Ortega. One other factor is smart. At first it appeared like they had been going to go along with Yair Rodriguez, however he began from there, so the UFC ran away.
“Now they’re potential Aaron Pico and Alloy winners. If Aaron Pico breaks this man, he’ll like him subsequent. The UFC actually likes him. Stylewise, he is likely to be very problematic in vog too. He has heavy fingers, good energy.”
Aljamain Sterling reveals he was injured in his victory at Ortega
Sadly, Sterling’s massive victory over “T-Metropolis” had one other set-off.
“So I obtained my MRI again: Grade 2 tears in my triceps,” Sterling stated on his YouTube channel. “However they stated nervousness. He will get a “grade 2 pressure” when he reads the report. So I am relaxed. Ryan stated, “Tensions are tears.” However yeah, I’ve a partial tear in my triceps tendon.
Regardless of the accidents, Sterling is holding hope that by the tip of 2025 he’ll be capable to return to the octagon.
“It is clearly as a result of there’s momentum that is going to be on the waves proper now, and that is what occurs. “I believe I am in all probability prepared to return and compete by December, and I believe I can nonetheless do this.
