Aljamain Sterling was browsing MySpace one day about six years ago and stumbled on some pictures posted by a former wrestling teammate. The photos were of his friend at a gym training in MMA.
At the time, Sterling enjoyed watching the UFC when it was on, but wasn't exactly a hardcore fan. Still, he thought doing some training outside of his wrestling team at SUNY Cortland would be cool. So, he shot a message to his ex-teammate and asked for details. It turned out the fight team worked out in the same upstate New York town Sterling was going to school in.