It might not be the matchup that either man was begging for, but there’s plenty of heat between Cody Stamann and Aljamain Sterling.
Following a win over Brett Johns in April, Sterling resumed his ongoing quest to book a fight with former UFC champion Dominick Cruz, while Stamann, who is 3-0 inside the Octagon so far, sent out the feelers for a different top-10 opponent, Brazilian slugger John Lineker. However, Stamann and Sterling have repeatedly traded verbal shots with each other on social media and in interviews, so the matchmakers decided that they would have to deal with each other in the cage before moving on to other opportunities.