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Bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling announced that his UFC 292 fight with Sean O’Malley is 99 percent likely to be his last in the weight class. “This is more than likely my last fight at 135. There’s a 99 percent chance it’s my last. If I win this, for sure, I’m out of here.” It’s something […]

As his UFC 292 fight against Sean O’Malley approaches, it’s becoming more and more likely that this may be bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling’s final fight in the weight class. Because of this, the question emerges — is he the greatest of all time in the 135-pound division? For some observers, the idea may seem preposterous. […]

Sean O’Malley is not surprised he’s being viewed as the underdog going into his fight with Aljamain Sterling. O’Malley will look to become a champion in his first attempt when he challenges Sterling for the bantamweight title in the UFC 292 headliner taking place this Saturday in Boston. Many believe Sterling’s wrestling will prove too […]

TJ Dillashaw broke down the upcoming bantamweight title fight between Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley. Sterling will look for the fourth defense of his 135-pound crown when he defends his strap against the ever-popular O’Malley in the UFC 292 headliner taking place Aug. 19 in Boston. Dillashaw’s last MMA fight was notably a TKO defeat […]

We’re just over eight months into the 2023 UFC calendar and we’ve already paid witness to some of the biggest fights in recent history. From Jon Jones making his long-awaited return to become a heavyweight champion to Alexander Volkanovski’s attempt at becoming a two-weight champion against Islam Makhachev to Israel Adesanya finally getting one over […]

The big news in recent days is that Francis Ngannou will be earning the payday of his life as he will box WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury on Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. However, he still has a future in MMA as he is currently contracted to the PFL and expected to make his […]

UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling doesn’t believe Sean O’Malley deserves to fight for the title. Sterling defends his 135-pound strap against O’Malley in the UFC 292 headliner taking place Aug. 19 at the TD Garden in Boston. It will be a first-ever title shot for O’Malley who, while on a five-fight winning streak and being […]

Daniel Cormier believes Henry Cejudo should forget about fighting Alexander Volkanovski. Cejudo made his return to action for the first time in three years when he suffered a split decision defeat to Aljamain Sterling in their bantamweight title fight at UFC 288 last month. It was a competitive and extremely close contest, but in the […]

Chael Sonnen feels UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling doesn’t get the credit and respect that he deserves. Sterling recently defended his bantamweight title against former two-weight champion Henry Cejudo at UFC 288 earlier this month. It was his third consecutive defense of the 135-pound strap — the most in bantamweight history. Additionally, Sterling’s nine-fight unbeaten […]

Aljamain Sterling has been one of the most dominant champions in UFC bantamweight history but he feels he gets no love from UFC President Dana White even after accepting to fight Sean O’Malley in just three months after defending his title against Henry Cejudo at UFC 288 on May 6th. Aljamain Sterling wants his due […]

UFC President Dana White had an interesting post-fight press conference following the Dern vs. Hill card on May 20, to which he spent a decent amount of time answering questions regarding UFC 292 and the main event between ‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley and defending Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling. Sterling defended his belt against Henry Cejudo earlier […]

Daniel Cormier believes Sean O’Malley is the opponent UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling has been crying out for. Sterling recently defended his bantamweight title for the third time following a split decision victory over Henry Cejudo this past weekend at UFC 288. He is now set to defend his title against O’Malley in a fight […]

UFC coach and legend Ray Longo had himself a terrific night at UFC 288 when both of his fighters earned massive wins in pivotal spots on the Sterling vs. Cejudo card. Longo is the head coach at Serra-Longo MMA in Long Island and led the camps for Matt Frevola and Aljamain Sterling ahead of the […]

UFC 288 took place last night in Newark, New Jersey, and while it wasn’t as eventful or entertaining as UFC 287 last month for example, it still had plenty of talking points. Aljamain Sterling successfully defended his bantamweight title for the third time after a razor-thin split decision win over Henry Cejudo. His next fight […]

The dust has settled and UFC 288 from Newark, NJ has come and gone with much excitement from the fans. We saw the pound-for-pound king in the bantamweight division Aljamain Sterling retain his title via a split decision against “Triple C” Henry Cejudo. There were many mixed feelings about the decision, but it was a […]

The wait is finally over and UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo is officially set as 26 fighters took to the scales to weigh in for their respective bouts on Saturday night. The action begins live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey at 6:30 p.m. ET and will be featured on ESPN+ with the […]

The time has finally come as fans in the Prudential Center in Newark and those watching around the world will finally see the moment they’ve all been waiting for. UFC 288 will conclude with it’s Main Even bout – a five round fight for the Bantamweight Championship of the World. The Champion and hometown fighter Aljamain Sterling will […]

Aljamain Sterling defends his bantamweight title against Henry Cejudo in the main event of UFC 288 on Saturday night. It’s an extremely tough fight to predict and the odds reflect that — Sterling is the bigger man and has been active over the last year while Cejudo hasn’t competed since 2020 and will have his […]

UFC 288 takes place this weekend and it’s an interesting pay-per-view event to say the least. In the main event, we have a very unique matchup between Aljamain Sterling and the returning Henry Cejudo given their styles and background. The stylistic matchup will also a big factor in the co-main event where Belal Muhammad will […]

UFC 288 takes place Saturday night in Newark, New Jersey, and features a highly-anticipated bantamweight title headliner between current 135-pound champion Aljamain Sterling and the returning former champion Henry Cejudo. The co-main event is a big one too as a pivotal welterweight battle between Gilbert Burns and Belal Muhammad is on the cards and will […]

Aljamain Sterling has suggested Henry Cejudo potentially having an advantage ahead of their title fight at UFC 288. Sterling defends his bantamweight title against the returning Cejudo in the main event of UFC 288 which takes place Saturday night in Newark, New Jersey. For Cejudo, it will be his first fight since May 2020 when […]

UFC 288 is less than a week away and Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling has some choice words for his challenger Henry Cejudo ahead of their main event fight. Sterling is set to defend his championship belt for the third time against former double-champ and Olympic Gold Medalist Henry Cejudo. Cejudo retired from the UFC in […]

The UFC is returning to Newark, New Jersey, for the upcoming UFC 288 pay-per-view event taking place May 6. The news was announced by the promotion Tuesday as it will be the first event held in the city since August 2019 when Colby Covington headlined a Fight Night against former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler. A […]

It was announced recently that Aljamain Sterling would be defending his bantamweight title against TJ Dillashaw at UFC 279. However, it doesn’t appear the bantamweight champion is in agreement with the announcement. Aljamain Sterling quickly spoke out on the fight announcement and denied that he would be fighting TJ Dillashaw at UFC 279. The champion […]

The main event of UFC Vegas 56 between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Alexander Volkov was stopped in the first round and many were upset with the stoppage. Bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling recently gave his take on the situation. Although many were upset with the way Herb Dean stepped in, Aljamain Sterling had no problem with it. […]

Marlon Vera has been firing shots at just about everyone in the UFC’s bantamweight division and Aljamain Sterling has been his newest target. Sterling has been the target of many bantamweights as they hope to get a title shot. Marlon Vera was recently on Food Truck Diaries with Brendan Schaub and the bantamweight had a lot […]

Aljamain Sterling has recently been going back and forth with Michael Chandler about fighter pay in the UFC. The two have very different stances on the subject and they have been going at each other. The comments from Michael Chandler came from a recent podcast where he was asked about the topic. The new UFC […]

John McCarthy made some strong comments about Aljamain Sterling after his successful title defense at UFC 273. The fight was a very tricky one to score and the former referee disagreed with the judges. “I was very impressed with Aljamain and the way he fought, but there’s no way he won that first round,” McCarthy […]

Aljamain Sterling is now the undisputed UFC bantamweight champion and he has plenty of options next for him. Urijah Faber recently spoke out on who should fight for the title next and he went with his old nemesis, TJ Dillashaw. TJ Dillashaw came back from a two-year suspension after failing a drug test in early […]

It appears Aljamain Sterling could be facing TJ Dillashaw in his next defense of the UFC bantamweight title. The two have been trading barbs recently and the UFC seems to be interested in the fight as well. TJ Dillashaw recently spoke with ESPN and didn’t hold back as he talked about the potential fight. The […]

Aljamain Sterling has plenty of options ahead of him after beating Petr Yan at UFC 273. The champion recently spoke out on who he wants to face next amid all of the options ahead of him. There are basically three options next for Aljamain Sterling, he has TJ Dillashaw, Henry Cejudo, and Jose Aldo. The […]

Aljamain Sterling had a strange fight against Petr Yan at UFC 273 last weekend. Many personalities have given their takes on the fight and you can include the always outspoken Chael Sonnen to that list. After UFC 273, Aljamain Sterling admitted he took the last two rounds off, against Petr Yan, after assuming he was […]

Aljamain Sterling had a huge victory over Petr Yan at UFC 273. Everyone in MMA reacted to the victory and it seems there were many different scorecards. Daniel Cormier is one of the big names to give their take on the fight. Daniel Cormier acknowledged the importance of the first round at UFC 273 but […]

Dana White reacted to the recent fight between Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan at UFC 273. The President made it very clear that he had Yan winning and many people reacted to his take. Aljamain Sterling did not hold back when asked about the comments and he made his feelings clear. The UFC president will […]

Sean O’Malley was trying to be in the corner of Petr Yan at UFC 273. The Russian ended up losing the fight to Aljamain Sterling by decision and was unable to reclaim his title from a year ago. Sean O’Malley took the blame for Petr Yan’s loss at UFC 273 and believes he should have […]

UFC 273 ended with plenty of storylines and one of them had to do with Dana White’s comments about the Aljamain Sterling fight. Brendan Schaub had a brutally honest take on what the UFC president said. “I thought the judges blew that one,” White said after UFC 273. “I had it 3-2 (for Yan). I […]

Aljamain Sterling had a close fight with Petr Yan at UFC 273 and many people are divided on the scorecards. Former referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy spoke out on his scorecard after the fight. The two important rounds are the first two. How someone scored the first round and second round will help determine who won […]

Aljamain Sterling surprised a lot of people after defeating Petr Yan by decision at UFC 273 on Saturday. His coach, Ray Longo, from Serra Longo, had quite the thoughts on the Russian after the fight. Petr Yan was considered one of the scariest fighters at bantamweight and had the opportunity to be a force for […]

Aljamain Sterling is now the undisputed UFC bantamweight champion after beating Petr Yan at UFC 273.  He’s looking for his first title defense and TJ Dillashaw appears to be the man he wants to face next. TJ Dillashaw has been very vocal about wanting to fight for the title and facing Aljamain Sterling in the […]