Aljamain Sterling on UFC Contract, Boxing, Next Fight

What’s up everybody? This is Fred roshani of TSC news with the UC update. I just got off of Skype with Aljamain Sterling top 10 UC bantamweight did an in-depth interview with him about his career that full interview will be airing in the next couple of weeks on TSC news TV, but he did drop some interesting news which I’m going to share with you right now. So in this clip al Jemaine. And I talked about his UFC future potentially renegotiating his contract and much much more check it out. Yeah, a lot of work and obviously, you know how to work that social media that self-promotion. I figured I’d go on your Twitter feed real quick before this interview, you know, see.

What’s up any fight announcements, we got some fun announcements at the end of the year for Dominick Cruz and Jimmie Rivera, which was a little surprising because I figured maybe you and Jimmie Rivera would get booked you guys had a little Twitter spat and then all of a sudden I scrolled down and I see you talking about boxing. So, yeah, before we get to your career in wrestling and then transitioning to mixed martial arts what’s his deal with that, man. Well, I want to stay active I do she knows already? I want to fight four times this year. So, I haven’t gotten a call since my last fight I spoke to Dana why, you know, I spoke about having another sit-down and possibly renegotiating the contract because I think I kind of got stuck with a bad deal a fight deal is kind of think it’s kind of a little unfair.

And I think I deserve a better shake on this next contract, you know, I put into work. I’ll be a dad, you know, I’m – and two of my last four fights, you know, I’ve been fighting top ten guys in the world. And the last guy I thought was fooling pound for pound and I think with every single fight I’ve shown a lot of growth a lot of improvement. And if I’m not gonna get that fight any fights and I want to stay busy. So I was want to box. Even when I was younger something I always wanted to try my hand in and we fight for 15 minutes five-minute rounds.

I think I get more than do enough that hold my own then in a full round, six round boxing match. I think it’ll be a fun fight and I think I’d better push the pace and really show this plays a different side of my skill set now. Do you think you’d be allowed as far as like your UC contract goes going -? No, they prepare like certain things about their approval. I don’t know. I mean, I don’t see what are you gonna do you can’t tell me no, if you’re not gonna give me a fight. I mean it. I mean, I’m not trying make it come off as a circle way, but if you’re not gonna give me a fight why can’t I go fight elsewhere or you know, I’m not competing in another mixed martial arts event, you know, I got a I have to make my own living, you know, this is what I do to make it a living.

So, you know what if we cut across that bridge then of course that bridge when we get there. So, are you under two, I mean? You just beat Henan brow a former world champion, for those that don’t know you’ve had some some pretty tough fights. You’ve won two straight after losing two straight bye-bye decision. I mean, for the best in the world. You’re really good at marketing yourself and everything. You’re a New York guy they’re running a lot of events in New York, I mean, there’s an event coming up in November and MSG with Bisbing and GSP. Have you been given the impression that you’re not getting a fight for whatever reason or is this just something you’re feeling where like you’d like to be paid what you’re worth or go do something other than mixed martial arts if you’re not gonna be able to renegotiate your contract.

I mean, I guess not for me to say. That’s what it is because I actually I haven’t spoken anybody. I think I wrote Dana White and we went back and forth and text messages a couple times. And he said we’ll talk and I’m like, all right, you know, that was the last I heard from that guy. So right now, I’m just kind of sitting and waiting. I’m gonna scroll through the top 15 again. I think everybody’s booked a separate Thomas Almeida who just came up for lost Rivera, I’m gonna to fight win streak. So, you know, I’m trying to get a fight that makes sense.

And that’s gonna keep putting me forward, you know, but I don’t know, man. I just want to I just want to stay busy and I just I want to fight the best guys in the world. I think a lot of these guys Iowa from that. But I think I’m one of those guys who just wants to just get after everybody and eventually I want to fight everybody in the division and take them all out now other than Jimmy Rivera who just got booked. There’s anybody who talked about Almeida. I mean, is there anybody in particular, whether it be ranked above you went ranked below you maybe somebody you find that would be marketable and make for exciting fight that you’d like to fight ideally if you see where to offer you somebody.

That’s the thing, I haven’t taken the time out to actually look and scroll to anybody outside of the top 15 with the top. 10 top 15 there’s not many options the only guys that made sense were Rivera Dominick Cruz and TJ, but TJ’s fighting for the belt. I mean, I would love a rematch with caraway he has a fork since we last fought. I mean, I would love to run that one back. I think ding he lightly doesn’t strike twice in the same place that guy lucked out. So bad. It’s not even funny and a sunset edged me out in a fight where he was I was struck two to one.

I just, you know, I’ve come up short a couple times. And if I could write the ship on it. Either one of those fights, but also has a fight and caraway he’s the only guy who’s kind of just sitting there Thomas. I made it’s coming off a loss and yeah, I mean, I’m kind of here like, hey, Funk masses here and I’m willing. Well, if it makes you feel better Funkmaster in November, you know, it’s still a little bit of a ways away, you know, I’d be shocked if they didn’t book you in November and on top of that. Not that we ever wish for somebody to get hurt or anything like that.

But inevitably the injury, bug does strike UFC more often than not these days. So, yeah, I hope so, too. You know, I never count myself out and those short notice fights. I think we had Dana might come out for one of the looking for the fights and actually watch one of our guys who just got signed to UFC and I told him right in the back room? I say yeah, I want to fight as often as possible. So, if I short notice opportunity. I’m your guy just give me a call let me know I need like three four weeks to prepare, you know, I’m just staying in shape.

I just came back from doing a bunch of charity work down in Jamaica and a foundation up here for a police officer that was shot and killed on the on in the line of duty. So, you know, I’m doing what I can to stay busy doing as much as I can to I guess give back to the community and outside of that. I know this would work this much my day job my day job and my night job. So, hopefully I get something and I can put these hands back on somebody again, folks. I hope you enjoyed that quick clip for my interview with Aljamain Sterling the complete interview will be airing on TSC news TV and right here on this YouTube channel in the next couple of weeks.

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