‘I’m Betting On Me, Baby’

UFC bantamweight champion, Aljamain Sterling appears to have admitted to playing on himself for his upcoming title protection in opposition to Sean O’Malley.

Heading into what will likely be his fourth title protection this weekend, Sterling using excessive and is anticipating to deal with enterprise and additional cement his legacy as bantamweight champion. In actual fact, Sterling is so assured, he lately claimed that he has ‘guess’ on himself.

“I double down on myself each time,” Sterling stated in his newest YouTube video. “So in the event you’re asking me, I double down on myself each time. I guess on myself each single time. So for me – I’m not telling you what to do together with your cash, I do know what I’m doing with my cash. I’m betting on me child, I’m betting on me.” (H/T MMA Information)

Like most sports activities, playing has an enormous connection to MMA with betting strains and props even being learn on broadcast and earlier than fights. Nevertheless, after a latest scandal, there was an enormous shift in what’s allowed by the UFC.

James Krause, who made a profitable transition from fighter to teach ignited a full investigation after suspicious betting exercise was linked to a fighter which he skilled and cornered. This led to extra allegations coming to gentle about Krause, the complete extent to which remains to be not absolutely clear.

Aljamain Sterling could have violated UFC coverage

Following this, the UFC made vital adjustments to their conduct coverage, making it in order that fighters or anybody linked to them can’t place bets on any UFC occasion, together with their very own.

“We’ve made enhancements to our UFC Athlete Conduct Coverage to extra clearly specific the prohibition in opposition to any UFC athlete from inserting any wagers immediately or by way of a 3rd social gathering on any UFC match, together with inserting wagers on themselves,” Riché T. McKnight, UFC govt vice chairman stated in a press release.

Whereas Sterling seemingly isn’t silly sufficient to guess on himself and admit to it, the wording of his assertion was not the perfect.

How does Aljamain Sterling get on this weekend?