UFC featherweight Aljamain Sterling has referred to as out Brian Ortega following his victory over Calvin Kattar at UFC 300.
On Saturday night time, Aljamain Sterling made his debut at 145 kilos. It was a powerful one, too, as he dominated Calvin Kattar to essentially announce himself within the featherweight division.
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Now, many are already questioning what’s subsequent for ‘Funk Grasp’. He’s been a champion earlier than at bantamweight, however now, he has a brand new division to try to conquer.
Within the post-fight press convention, Sterling referred to as his shot and requested for a showdown with Brian Ortega.
Sterling needs Ortega
“Give me the following greatest man,” Sterling stated on the UFC 300 post-fight press convention. “I’ll take Brian Ortega respectfully. He’s a man I received to coach with one time, identical administration, there’s no unhealthy blood or something like that. We’re each simply attempting to chase the identical factor. It’s not like he’s my major coaching associate like Merab was. It’s a distinct state of affairs.
“I believe I beat a man like him, and I’m plain.”
“This efficiency I received slightly down on myself as a result of if I need to beat a man like Ilia, I want to have the ability to end a man like Kattar,” Sterling stated. “As well-prepared as he was to defend some stuff on the bottom, I used to be slightly unhappy about it. I used to be like, ‘Man, if I can’t do sure issues to him, then how the hell am I going to do issues to a man like that?’ You recognize, if I need to problem for a world title once more. That’s the way in which I sort of take a look at issues.”
Quotes through MMA Junkie
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