Aljamain Sterling reflects on his week with Cage Pages leading up to his December 10 bout against Johnny Eduardo.

Here is Part One of the UFC’s #6 ranked bantamweight Aljamain Sterling’s weekly blog with Cage Pages leading up to his fight at UFC Fight Night 80. Tune in every week to see what Sterling had to say about the week before and hear him talk about his preparation for the #10 bantamweight Johnny Eduardo.

“I’m just under three weeks away from stepping back into the Octagon against Johnny Eduardo at UFC Fight Night 80 on December 10. I’ll be leaving December 6th at night for Las Vegas, so I can get out there a day early and rest up and get ready to go.

I’m bringing Ray Longo, Matt Serra and my brother to be in my corner. My brother Troy was there for my UFC debut, but I’ve had Al Iaquinta with me for my last two fights. With Al facing potential surgery, I need someone to move around with me and that’s why I choose my brother.

My brother is an amateur MMA fighter and was 3-0, but he hasn’t fought for three years. These days he’s more into music and is an aspiring rapper, but he’s into all kinds of music.

I got a chance to watch the Rousey-Holm fight on Saturday night. I thought that Holm fought the fight she needed to fight to win. She played to her strengths, she did her homework and knew exactly what Rousey was going to do. She didn’t look fazed, rattled or uneasy at all.

I think she looked more physically imposing in the cage as compared to Rousey. Ronda looked very bloated and not in normal shape and it showed when she tried to put a headlock on Holm, who immediately threw her down.

Things are going great between Lou (Louis Giordano aka Loutrition) and I. I hit him up for meal plans and for snacks that I can eat between training sessions. I’m the lightest I’ve ever been this close to a fight, which is good.

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It’s kind of scary as well, because I don’t want to get too light and have it be tougher to put the weight back on. I normally weight around 148 or 149 on fight night. I don’t like the IV thing, I did it once and I wasn’t too crazy about it. I didn’t feel a significant difference. I do things differently than the other guys anyway.

Eduardo is a really good striker with some decent KO power. He’s had a ton of fights, he’s very well-rounded, very experienced and he knows what his strengths are. He knows where to keep the fight and he’s a mentally tough guy.

I have to go out there and play to my strengths. Take the fight where I want it to go. I’ll frustrate him on the feet, then take him down and hopefully punch a hole in his head, possibly his chest.

Wrestling season just started last week, after training I usually head over to Uniondale High School and help coach the kids. I want to show them how to become better individuals and become successful in life. I give them the life talks and mental talks that they need.

They probably don’t get enough of that as young, developing adults. I really enjoy doing it, because a lot of those things happened to me and helped mold me in to the person I am today. I am kind of mentor to those guys, they see that I had to work hard to get where I am at right now.

You can find me on Twitter at @Funkmaster_UFC, I post some really good stuff. Techniques from training that I think it would be fun for people to try.”

Next: Lou Giordano thinks weight cut impacted Ronda Rousey

Tune in next week for Part Two and see how Aljamain Sterling’s week went here at Cage Pages.