Sterling re-signs with the UFC
After testing the waters in free agency, top UFC bantamweight Aljamain Sterling today announced that he has re-signed with the promotion.
After testing the waters in free agency, top UFC bantamweight Aljamain Sterling today announced that he has re-signed with the promotion:
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“The Funk Master” is staying put.
After a highly publicized flirtation with free agency, Aljamain Sterling has re-signed with the UFC, he announced Monday on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani.
It was Sterling’s desire to fight out his contract with the UFC and test his value on the open market. He did so in December and ended up back with the promotion he has competed in since 2014. Sterling said the UFC’s winning offer was “more lucrative” than the original one he got, which was $20,000 to show and $20,000 to win.
“I’m 100 percent happy with my decision,” Sterling said. “I think I got a better deal for myself than I would have had.
“I was a little bit uneasy about it at first. I just wasn’t sure exactly what was gonna happen, because you never know where you’re going to end up.”
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