Time will tell whether Aljamain Sterling ’s decision to move up to featherweight was a good one, but there are some early indications that it might be. Diego Lopes , a rising contender at 145 pounds, got the chance to train with the former UFC bantamweight champion ahead of his 145-pound debut at Saturday’s UFC 300 . Sterling takes on featherweight veteran Calvin Kattar, while Lopes (23-6 MMA, 2-1 UFC) takes on Sodiq Yusuff in the preliminary card of the event. “He’s a big fighter and has always been big for his division of 135 pounds,” told MMA Junkie in Spanish. “He’s now at 145, and I’ve been training more or less a month and a half here in Las Vegas because of ‘TUF,’ so I’ve run into him a few times at the UFC (Performance Institute), and I’ve spoken to him a bit
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