Aljamain Sterling was left confused by his relegation to the prelims.
After scoring a unanimous choice victory over Calvin Kattar in his featherweight debut at UFC 300, the ‘Funk Master’ returns to the Octagon this Saturday night time at UFC 310 in Las Vegas. Sterling is ready to sq. off with Movsar Evloev in a bout that was initially scheduled to go down in October till Sterling suffered an harm.
Over the past a number of years, Sterling has been a mainstay on essential playing cards and in essential occasions. Nevertheless, his position on the closing pay-per-view of the 12 months will see him take a spot on the prelims — a place he’s not precisely thrilled with.
“I didn’t know if I should have been insulted by the placement on the fight card or glass half-full,” Sterling stated in a video on his YouTube channel. “I suppose that’s the easiest way I strive to take a look at every thing in life. I get to combat earlier and get to be achieved earlier. I used to be just a little confused by it, in fact. I suppose they’ve their rhyme or motive for what they do, the UFC brass, and it’s what it’s.
“At the end of the day, it’s not my organization. I don’t call the shots. I just go out there and compete, and it’s up to me to go out there and prove these guys wrong that I am a main card fighter. I think people are gonna be in for a very big surprise, and the UFC is gonna realize we messed up big time by not putting this on the main card” (h/t MMA Mania).
Does Aljamain Sterling have some extent?
To be truthful, Sterling has not competed on the prelims since his win over Pedro Munhoz at UFC 238 greater than 5 years in the past. The lone exception throughout that timeframe was his scrap with Kattar at UFC 300 — an occasion so stacked that two former UFC champions have been the curtain-jerkers.
Why Dana White and Co. opted to maintain Sterling off the primary card is anybody’s guess, but when we’re being sincere, his three-round scrap with Kattar didn’t precisely set the world on hearth, nor did Evloev’s final outing in opposition to Arnold Allen in January.
