UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling isn’t thrilled with his employers. Sterling recently uploaded a video to YouTube in which he sounded off at UFC president Dana White, citing his own impressive record as bantamweight champ.
“Dana is super nice behind closed doors, but then he [says] I can’t get out my own way. Like, what does that even mean? Just clarify what that even means.
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If you’re going to say that because of me saying, yeah, I’m fighting, but I’m also banged up and I want to see how my body [feels], there has never been a fight that was scheduled where people signed the contract — and remember, contracts are just a formality.
No one is going to sign a contract and just not show up in the UFC. That just doesn’t happen, so let’s stop pretending that’s a thing.
I agreed to the fight, I agreed to the T.J. fight — if you want to ask Dana, ask Dana when I signed the T.J. contract, you guys are going to be wildly surprised. When I say I’m going to show up, I f****** show up and I fight.
If we make a deal, I’m a man of my word. I show up and compete every single time. I do what champions do.” Sterling continued, asking when he will receive the star treatment afforded to former two-division champ Conor McGregor.
“When I look at all of that, I’m like, ‘What else could you possibly want from a champion who is active, competing, doing the stuff that you ask of him, promote the fight,’ and I’m out here in these streets working.
My thing with Dana is, damn, dog, why can’t you give credit where credit is due? Even if you feel I can’t get out my own way — which there’s no context behind that, because I’ve literally done everything you have asked. What does that mean, Dana? I’m pretty sure he couldn’t give you a straight answer of what that means.
Why is it so hard for Dana to go… ‘Absolutely the fight is done, we spoke to him, this kid’s always shown up to the fights, always makes weight, always does the media stuff, we know he’s going to show up, yeah he just fought two weeks ago, he’s a little banged up but he gave us his word he’s going to show up for this fight, the kid’s a killer, the kid’s a stud.’
The same way he does for Conor. If Conor does something, ‘Wow, isn’t he awesome?’ Can I be awesome too, Dana?”
