The UFC has introduced the primary marquee match to kick off a brand new take care of Paramount, however Aljamain Sterling would not appear to be impressed. The previous bantamweight champion’s response seems to be an extra epitome of his emotions concerning the UFC’s matchmaking not being as robust because it as soon as was.
This explicit discourse began when Ariel Helwani, a broadly recognized media persona, expressed his ideas on a number of the introduced fights for UFC 324 on his private X account. Helwani quipped:
“Subsequent time you are advised you may have a terrific battle, bear in mind this second: 1. Gaethje vs. Paddy, Armand is prepared. 2. Volk vs. Diego, Mohsal vs. Lerone is prepared. 3. Islam vs. Usman (most likely) Shavkat, Morales, Prates, Gary are prepared. And an interim title battle (no prime contenders concerned) for one of many best girls’s fights of all time.”
In response to a resident martial arts journalist’s ideas on the January 2026 UFC interim light-weight gold medal battle between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett and the bantamweight title battle between Kayla Harrison and the returning Amanda Nunes, Sterling stated:
“It is 110% completely different than it was once. I journey for the corporate and this shit is past irritating! I perceive their standpoint, however cease saying you are going to give the followers the matches they need to see and let one of the best matches be one of the best! It is much more frequent now and it is very exhausting to disregard, particularly in your weight class.”
Aljamain Sterling can also be reluctant to ebook UFC 325
Aljamain Sterling additionally did not hesitate to criticize the UFC 325 headliner, as he focuses on fights immediately associated to his chosen weight class. Sterling is now a 145-pound fighter, so it is solely truthful that he takes half within the subsequent featherweight championship battle, and Sterling is unimpressed with Alexander Volkanovski making his first protection of this new title in opposition to the person he claimed the belt in opposition to.
The second battle between Volkanovski and Diego Lopez has garnered some adverse reactions, with Sterling addressing the primary occasion on January thirty first in Sydney by way of his private X account, saying:
“I agree with Lerone (Murphy). He or Mohsar (Evloev) ought to undoubtedly have been the man, even when I did not get it. Mohsar was handed by Lopez as soon as, however he had one other likelihood at gold (lol). Honest play to Lopez, however you possibly can see why gamers begin to lose the love for the sport. It is a chilly world.”
Sterling narrowly edged out former opponent Movsar Evloev at UFC 310, who defeated the previous by unanimous determination.
