Aljamain Sterling is eager to compete and he wants a top contender.
Sterling (20-5 MMA, 17-5 UFC) rebounded from his close decision loss to Movsar Evloev at UFC 310 with a unanimous decision win over Brian Ortega at UFC Fight Night 257 this past August. He called for a title shot after the win, but the UFC went a different direction – which didn’t include Lerone Murphy or Evloev.
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Instead, the promotion opted to go with a title-fight rematch between featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski (27-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC) and Diego Lopes (27-7 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in the UFC 325 headliner on Jan. 31 in Sydney. So now, former bantamweight champion Sterling has turned his attention to the snubbed contenders.
“Lerone Murphy, I’m ready for you, February or even March in your hometown,” Sterling told Home of Fight. “Bring the heat, I’m ready. Yair Rodriguez, I’m ready. Movsar Evloev, I won that fight. I’m ready – bring the heat. I’m ready for all you suckers. I’m ready to fight. Tell Dana White to get you guys ready. If you want to go to the White House, I’ll go to the White House, too and beat you motherf*ckers up. At the end of the day, I’m here to make motherf*cking money, baby. I’m 36 and I ain’t getting younger. Let’s do this sh*t.”
Murphy (17-0-1 MMA, 9-0-1 UFC), who appeared close to getting a title shot against Volkanovski in December, laughed off Sterling’s callout.
“That funk harbours making bro lose brain cells rapidly.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Aljamain Sterling targets three UFC featherweight contenders
