Former UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling halted the eight-fight winning streak of Youssef Zalal, but is highly aware that a one-sided unanimous decision win may not be enough to leapfrog him into a title shot with current champion Alexander Volkanovski (28-4 MMA).

At least not yet.

Sterling met the media following UFC Vegas 116, where he opened up about how the UFC should view the victory and what his next steps should be.

"I let the UFC brass decide," Sterling told reporters. "I do think Movsar [Evloev] deserves it. But if they do offer me the opportunity, I'm not going to say no. I'm not going to say, 'This guy deserves it [instead].' If they offer it to me, then hell yeah, I'm taking it.…