Aljamain Sterling is taking a wellness vacation, according to his hashtags.
The reigning UFC bantamweight champion is shipped off to the BioXcellerator facility in Medellin, Colombia to receive stem cell treatments for his torn biceps. The goal is to help “Funk Master” avoid surgery and speed up his return to the Octagon.
Until then, his Henry Cejudo title defense remains on hold.
“I believe this procedure will kind of help me get through this without needing surgery and get me back to competing and being 100%,” Sterling said. “So I’m really looking forward to it. I know Joe Rogan has nothing but good things to say. I know Kamaru Usman, Frankie Edgar, Chris Weidman, Al Iaquinta, so I hope I can follow [their] not and are only successful with the results and the trip to Colombia. I hope I can be another candidate and show the world that the procedure and the protocol work and that I can bring the athletes back to a high level, compete at a high level and get your health in order.
Sterling (22-3) has not competed since finishing former champion TJ Dillashaw at the UFC 280 pay-per-view (PPV) last October. As for Cejudo (16-2), two years older than Sterling at 35, he has been out of action since early 2020 after a brief (and somewhat hasty) retirement.
But not everyone buys what “Funk Master” sells.
“I wonder if he’s using that so he can just relax, like ‘I’m hurt, I’m hurt’ so not everyone can expect him to fight then,” Sean O said. ‘Malley, the top bantamweight contender. on his TimboSugarShow podcast.
Maybe it’s time to pull the trigger on this offer?
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