Featherweight fighter Aljamain Sterling poses at UFC Apex Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Las Vegas. Sterling is scheduled to face Calvin Kattar at UFC 300 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.
Aljamain Sterling will fight in front of local fans tonight for the first time since he relocated his home and training base to Las Vegas in the summer of 2020.
Typically, even for a tourist-heavy blockbuster card like UFC 300, local fighters receive a bump from the crowd when they walk out and get the customary introduction from octagon announcer Bruce Buffer.
Sterling (23-4 MMA, 15-4 UFC) just isn’t banking on getting the positive reaction as he enters for his featherweight debut against Calvin Kattar (23-7 MMA, 7-5 UFC) as part of the ESPN preliminary card.