The featured bantamweight bout at UFC 228 has some heat behind it. Cody Stamann (17-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) will take on Aljamain Sterling (15-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) in a pivotal bout at 135.
Stamann vs. Sterling
No. 8-ranked Sterling will look to keep his spot in the rankings against No. 10 Stamann, who’s looking to leapfrog him. In addition to the bout’s title implications, a glance at each fighter’s Twitter accounts will reveal neither of them really like each other.
“He said something on Twitter about being the best grappler in the division,” Stamann told MMASucka.