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Aljamain
Sterling is aiming up the rankings despite a recent loss.

Sterling took on undefeated featherweight contender Movsar
Evloev on the prelims at UFC 310
earlier this month. While “Funkmaster” dropped a unanimous decision
against Evloev, the Russian arguably faced his toughest test to
date.

Sterling isn’t even considering it a complete loss based on his
performance. The former bantamweight champ doesn’t think he
deserves to fight down the rankings after splitting his first two
145-pound appearances.

Sterling recently called out Arnold
Allen, which would ideally go down at the O2 Arena for the
UFC’s return to London on March 22. Sterling is otherwise eyeing
former title challenger Brian
Ortega within the same timeline.

“I would like to make a March return. If I do get to get a fight
for March, April the latest, I would like to fight Arnold
Allen or fight Brian
Ortega,” Sterling told Home of Fight. “I don’t think that loss
to Movsar should push me down the rankings. I almost felt like it
should be treated as a ‘W’… I feel I shouldn’t have to go fight
down the rankings after being 1-1 and losing to a guy that people
are saying is gonna be the next champion, in a fight that a lot of
people still think I won.”

Sterling moved up to 145 pounds after losing his bantamweight strap
to Sean O’Malley via knockout at UFC 292 last year. Sterling scored
a dominant unanimous decision win over Calvin
Kattar in his featherweight debut at UFC 300 this past April
before his latest loss against Evloev.

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