Aljamain Sterling Undergoes Wrist Surgery, Rumored UFC 244 Bout Off

Aljamain Sterling is going to be out of action for awhile because the fighter recently underwent surgery to repair ligament damage in his wrist.

A recovering Sterling posted the following on Instagram:

 

 

 

 

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For the last 2 years, I’ve been dealing with a Scapholunate ligament tear in my wrist. Depending how bad you let the injury get can weaken/affect your grip strength, reduces the weight you can lift, the pressure you can put on it, and over time gets extremely painful to do daily activities, like washing my back and my ass! —- – I kept pushing through the injurys’ limits and telling the doctors that I would be fine with not getting surgery. —-‍ Recently I was offered a HUGE fight, so I was going to push the limits again, despite having less strength than my left hand (I’m right-handed) to fight the legend, Frankie “The Answer” Edgar, at @thegarden!! – Unfortunately, the NYSAC wouldn’t approve me in time to fight at home for Nov. 2nd. Although the wrist pain got significantly worse from fighting Pedro Munhoz, I was really disappointed, but recognized that maybe this was Gods plan for me. I’ve been searching for clarity or a sign…maybe this was it… Either way, I was ready to risk it all again for a dream come true fight against a legend in my hometown!! I risked it before, right? So why not do it again, as my homecoming to FINALLY fight at home?! – That was my mindset and sometimes us fighters are our worst enemies. Us fighters NEVER fight at 100% anyway, which is why we are, who we are that live this life and do crazy shit that we do! All for a moment of glory, that could last a LIFETIME! — Thank you to @seanshelby @danawhite and everyone on the @UFC medical team for taking care of me. And my manager, Lloyd, and girlfriend @rebeccacruise for coming and being here for me —- • #FunkStillGotNext! #RoadToRecovery #Surgery #Scapholunate #Ligament #UFC #ESPN #DrHotchkiss #NYC #HSS #LookAtTheFlickOfThatWrist #MSG #TheWeeklyScraps

A post shared by Aljamain Sterling (@funkmaster_ufc) on Sep 24, 2019 at 9:32am PDT

The surgery halted plans for a yet to be announced bout for UFC 244 as Sterling would’ve been in action against former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar. Sterling says in the Instagram post that he wanted to fight Edgar at the event, even after the surgery, but the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) wouldn’t clear the fighter in time.