2015 has been in some ways good for Aljamain Sterling, but equally frustrating. The elite UFC bantamweight contender defeated Takeya Mizugaki via submission in April, which served as the high point of his MMA career to date.
Yet, he hasn't fought since. So bad did his situation get that Sterling took to social media two weeks ago to suggest if he didn't fight soon, he'd have to consider early retirement and take up post-graduate studies.
"The past few weeks have kinda been going in a downward spiral, I want to say," he told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour.