"Funk Master" speaks with MMAmania.com about the cast of characters at his Serra-Longo Fight Team camp, the challenges of his seven-month layoff and his plans of wrestling-up the Top 5 of the Bantamweight division for a title shot.
After starting off 2015 with a dominant victory over perennial Bantamweight contender Takeya Mizugaki, No. 5-ranked Aljamain Sterling cooled off ... but not necessarily because of his own doing.
"Funk Master" was sidelined for a portion of this past summer after undergoing surgery to repair a hernia and returned looking for a fight in the fall. However, after some diligent campaigning on social media for a tussle with Bryan Caraway, Sterling was still left opponent-less.