UFC 307 is ready for Oct. 5 on the Delta Heart in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah. The cardboard contains a ton of implausible fights just like the return of sunshine heavyweight champion Alex Pereira, as he’s set to defend his title in opposition to knockout artist Khalil Roundtree Jr.
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The Pereira vs Roundtree bout is only one of two title fights set for the night time, as present girls’s bantamweight champion Raquel Pennington will face off in opposition to former champion Juliana Peña.
The principle card alone is chock stuffed with strong fights, however one showdown is not going to transfer ahead. UFC 307 was set to be the return of Aljamain “Funkmaster” Sterling, however the former males’s featherweight champion introduced his withdrawal from the cardboard.
I imagine God has a plan and is defending me to present my finest for @MovsarUFC. I want all my instruments for an opponent like Movsar and hopefully he’s keen to battle me after I’m healed up. Thanks to the @UFC medical crew for searching for my well being and defending me from myself.… pic.twitter.com/9nJVf14mew
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) September 18, 2024
Sterling took to his Twitter/X web page to announce his withdrawal, stating, “Sadly, I’ve to interrupt the information that I can’t be competing in Salt Lake Metropolis at UFC 307. In sparring, I had an damage.”
The above video exhibits the second when Sterling is injured, which seems prefer it might have been a shoulder popping because of his sparring associate pulling too exhausting on his left arm.
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“I did the stem cells. I took day without work. I attempted to rehab as a lot as I might, as finest as I might with the PI crew right here. And sadly, it is out of my palms now,” Sterling added.
Sterling added that his withdrawal was in the very best curiosity of his present scenario. His submit additionally reads:
“I imagine God has a plan and is defending me to present my finest for @MovsarUFC. I want all my instruments for an opponent like Movsar and hopefully, he is keen to battle me after I’m healed up. Thanks to the @UFC medical crew for searching for my well being and defending me from myself. This can be a quick delay and we are going to battle earlier than the top of the 12 months!”
Sterling makes his pitch to battle Movsar Evloev on one other date within the video, and he additionally signifies that want through social media. There isn’t any telling if Evloev plans to just accept the battle postponement request.
Sterling just lately beat Calvin Kattar in April 2024 after dropping the featherweight belt to Sean O’Malley at UFC 292 in Aug. 2023.
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Evloev, however, remains to be undefeated. He most just lately beat Arnold Allen at UFC 297 in Jan. Evloev additionally has wins over Diego Lopes and Dan Ige. Principally, Evloev has the type of resume that will warrant his getting a higher-ranked opponent as an alternative of ready for Sterling.
If Evloev does select to attend, beating Sterling might catapult him into the top-ranked featherweight dialog, warranting a title battle in opposition to new champion Merab Devalishvili.
