{"id":450373,"date":"2022-06-14T01:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T08:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=450373"},"modified":"2022-06-14T01:29:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T08:29:36","slug":"aljamain-sterling-shares-his-thoughts-on-ufc-featherweight-zabit-magomedsharipov-that-would-the-most-nightmare-matchup-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-shares-his-thoughts-on-ufc-featherweight-zabit-magomedsharipov-that-would-the-most-nightmare-matchup-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Aljamain Sterling shares his thoughts on UFC featherweight Zabit Magomedsharipov: \u201cThat would the most nightmare matchup ever\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aljamain Sterling has explained what happened when he once trained with UFC featherweight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/zabit-magomedsharipov-says-he-will-simply-destroy-someone-on-february-28\/\">Zabit Magomedsharipov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At this moment in time, Aljamain Sterling is on top of the world. He&#8217;s riding high as the UFC bantamweight champion and while he has plenty of tough challenges ahead of him, &#8216;Funk Master&#8217; has done pretty well to hold onto his belt despite many believing Petr Yan would take it off him with relative ease.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, as is the case with all champions in the UFC, things don&#8217;t always go Sterling&#8217;s way in training &#8211; and that was especially true when he came face to face with Zabit Magomedsharipov.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aljamain Sterling talks about Zabit Magomedsharipov (JRE)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9i4lmI8bJLo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHe threw a 360 spinning ninja kick and wrapped the leg around my neck,\u201d Sterling told Rogan. \u201cI close my eyes. I\u2019d never seen a ninja jump at me like that in a room ever. Like, I\u2019m not in shape, Ray [Longo] asked me to jump in there with this guy, I didn\u2019t know who the hell he was, but I felt like I was set up for failure. [LAUGHS]. He\u2019s throwing sidekicks, he\u2019s doing 360 ninja kicks. So I\u2019m like yo, what in the f*** is going on?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAnd he\u2019s a lot bigger than me. I mean, although he (competes at) \u201945, I didn\u2019t realize how big he was till he took his shirt off. And he\u2019s doing these sidekicks from both sides. I\u2019m shooting in, he\u2019s pulling me in and hitting me with these judo throws, and I\u2019m just getting ragdolled. I\u2019m like, if I wanted to go up to \u201945 at that point in my career, that would (the most) nightmare matchup ever. Like, me and Zabit would not go well. [LAUGHS]\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/2022\/06\/sterling-ragdolled-by-zabit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA News<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Zabit hasn&#8217;t fought since his win over Calvin Kattar in November 2019, whereas Sterling is expected to return to action later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aljamain Sterling has explained what happened when he once trained with UFC featherweight Zabit Magomedsharipov. At this moment in time, Aljamain Sterling is on top of the world. 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