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Aljamain Sterling eyes featherweight bow against UFC star Max Holloway: ‘I go out there and beat that man’

Sidelined from the Octagon since an August championship loss, former bantamweight kingpin, Aljamain Sterling appears confident in proving apparent doubters wrong of a planned featherweight move – immediately weighing up a clash with ex-champion, Max Holloway.

Sterling, a former undisputed bantamweight champion under the banner of the promotion, most recently headlined UFC 292 back in August in Boston, Massachusetts, suffering a second round TKO loss to rival, Sean O’Malley.

The defeat came as Sterling’s first as champion, having racked up a record-setting three successive successful title defenses, knocking back the trio of Petr Yan, and T.