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Former UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling is moving up to featherweight at UFC 300, facing Calvin Kattar on that card.
This isn’t a one and done at featherweight for Sterling, who plans on staying at 145 pounds from here on in the UFC.
“Safe to say (I’m done at bantamweight),” Sterling told MMA Junkie. “One of my managers was asking about that, about going down to 135, and I said, ‘Brother, let’s stop this conversation right here.’ There’s no more 135. I didn’t even want to do it the last time. Whatever, I’m not going to bring it up again because people are going to say I’m making excuses, but this is all factual, but 135 is done.”
Sterling had a ton of success as a bantamweight in the UFC, being the aforementioned former champion in the division and also holding an overall record of 15-4-0 in the UFC.
The former bantamweight champion is competing at UFC 300 for the first time since losing the title, but he plans on shocking the world when competing at featherweight.
“I’m excited to get back,” Sterling said. “I think that’s the most important thing. I want the fans to know I’m excited to get back, and I’m going to have new life, new energy at this weight class. I’m definitely nervous because I’m used to being the bigger guy even though I don’t get that big when I rehydrate at 135, but I think I left some stuff in the gym cutting down to 135, so I’d like to see what I can do at 145, and I’m going to shock the world.”
