Aljamain Sterling doesn’t want to fight at bantamweight. He does it because of the state of the sport and the circumstances surrounding it.
The UFC fighter said he’ll make 135 or 136 pounds on weigh-in day, come into the fight around 148 or 149 pounds and then be 166 pounds just two weeks later. And it isn’t like he’s out of shape at 166.
“I’m fat and happy, and I’ve still got abs,” Sterling told MMA Fighting. “It’s kind of scary. You’ve gotta imagine what kind of depletion I’m doing to my body just to get down to the proper weight class that I can compete at.