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Manny Gamburyan Faces Undefeated Aljamain Sterling at UFC on Fox 15

Manny Gamburyan Faces Undefeated Aljamain Sterling at UFC on Fox 15

A bantamweight bout between Manny Gamburyan and undefeated Aljamain Sterling has been added to the UFC on Fox 15 fight card in Newark on April 18. UFC officials announced the match-up on Thursday.

The addition follows an earlier announcement that a middleweight bout between No. 3 ranked Lyoto Machida and No. 5 ranked Luke Rockhold would headline UFC on Fox 15.

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Gamburyan (14-8, 1 NC) made his bantamweight debut at UFC 178 in September, submitting Cody Gibson with a guillotine choke in the second round. “The Anvil” hopes to continue his winning ways in his new weight class when he faces Sterling at the Prudential Center.

Sterling (10-0) made his promotional debut at UFC 170 in February 2014 with a decision win over Cody Gibson. In his second octagon outing, the New Yorker finished Hugo Viana by technical knockout UFC Fight Night 45 in July.

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