ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - APRIL 21: Aljamain Sterling reacts after the conclusion of his bantamweight fight against Brett Johns during the UFC Fight Night event at the Boardwalk Hall on April 21, 2018 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

An interesting bantamweight matchup Cody Stamann and Aljamain Sterling is in the works for UFC 228 in Dallas on Sept. 8.

The UFC’s return to the Lone Star State looks to be featuring a fun matchup in the 135-pound division.

Multiple sources have confirmed with FanSided MMA that a bantamweight bout between Aljamain Sterling and Cody Stamann is being targeted for UFC 228. The event will take place on Sept. 8 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The UFC has yet to confirm the bout at this time, but one source tells FanSided that the fight “is going to happen.”

Sterling has been teasing the matchup since the UFC Hall of Fame Red Carpet event with TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter. FanSided reached out to sources last week and was told that contracts had not been signed, but it looked to be the direction the UFC was heading. It now seems that the fight has a lot more legs underneath it.

“The Funk Master” bounced back from his first round KO loss to Marlon Moraes at UFC Fresno with, arguably, the best performance of his Octagon career. Sterling took on Brett Johns at April’s UFC Atlantic City where fans saw him hand Johns the first loss of his professional career. Sterling has won three of his last four as he looks to make a strong charge up one of the UFC’s most exciting divisions.

Standing in the path looks to be the 28-year-old “Spartan”, who has quickly made himself a contender in the division. Stamann made his UFC debut with a unanimous decision win over Terrion Ware at UFC 214. He would then take on Tom Duquesnoy at UFC 216 in Oct. 2017 and picked up another decision victory to set himself up for the biggest win of his career. At UFC 222, Stamann took on Bryan Caraway and was able to pick up a split decision victory to move his record to 17-1, and his winning streak to 10.

Confirmed bouts for UFC 228 include another bantamweight matchup between Jimmie Rivera and John Dodson, along with a featherweight bout between Yair Rodriguez and Zabit Magomedsharipov.