Aljamain Sterling is made up our minds to luxuriate in neck surgical treatment.
The UFC bantamweight champion — who won his title after being hit with an illegal knee by Petr Yan — is aiming to come aid by the terminate of the year, per a document from ESPN.
“They told me I will heal in three months, and could perhaps start doing cardio to salvage myself ready,” Sterling acknowledged, speaking with ESPN reporter Brett Okamoto. “They wouldn’t wish to salvage me pick a fight till they salvage the total lot has fused in my neck accurately. 5 months would be supreme, if I heal up truly instant. I’m wrathful. The faster I heal up, the faster I will fight. We’ll obtain out within the next three months, and salvage one thing on schedule.”
In accordance with Sterling, physicians luxuriate in told him he has a herniated disc and can want an operation on his C6-C7 vertebrae.
UFC president Dana White made it clear correct now following the controversial bout at UFC 259 that an instantaneous rematch between Sterling and Yan used to be the glaring hunch. While Sterling is of the same opinion, he’s announcing he hopes the promotion won’t glimpse to lift an meantime title into court docket cases.
“I will’t salvage a motive on the aid of an meantime title fight when Yan won the belt in July [2020], used to be scheduled to fight me in December, after which had to push it to March,” Sterling acknowledged. “He had adequate time to heal from regardless of fraudulent trouble he had. If he received that luxury, I must luxuriate in the plush of addressing an trouble I’ve extend for years. Why would they scoot an meantime title for the sake of it?”
