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Former UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling hasn’t competed since losing the title to Sean O’Malley at UFC 292.
While his Octagon return date hasn’t been set yet, Sterling is considering moving up to featherweight when he does return.
“Checking my weight, lean body mass vs. fat mass in my entire body, and I actually check out to be an average-sized featherweight,” Sterling said on his YouTube channel (transcript via Farah Hannoun of MMA Junkie). “Which is crazy to me because every time I look at these featherweights, I think they’re so much bigger than me. It’s very interesting to see the numbers, see the data, see how my strength wracks up, my endurance.
“It gave me a lot more comfort in where I’m at and making the move to 145. But, I got one other thing I want to do this next week. As of right now, my mindset is definitely leaning towards 145, for featherweight. I wanna do one more round of testing on my own.
“Psychologically, I still feel like I need to be the biggest guy because that’s just what I did at bantamweight, what I’ve done as a wrestler. Psychologically, I need to make sure I’m going to be OK where I know that when I step in there, I feel comfortable, confident that I can win and I can compete with guys in that weight class.”
Sterling has also been trying to get a fight with former UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway, campaigning for the fight on social media:
