{"id":45727,"date":"2026-03-15T21:14:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmaaldia.com\/?p=45727"},"modified":"2026-03-15T21:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:14:56","slug":"sterling-vs-zalal-ufc-vegas-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmaaldia.com\/es\/sterling-vs-zalal-ufc-vegas-116\/","title":{"rendered":"Aljamain Sterling vs. Youssef Zalal anunciada como la estelar del UFC Vegas 116"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>El <strong><a href=\"\/tag\/ufc-vegas-116\">UFC Vegas 116<\/a><\/strong> ha encontrado su pelea estelar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/tag\/ufc\">UFC<\/a><\/strong> anunci\u00f3 que <strong><a href=\"\/tag\/aljamain-sterling\">Aljamain Sterling<\/a><\/strong> (25 &#8211; 5) enfrentar\u00e1 a <strong><a href=\"\/tag\/youssef-zalal\">Youssef Zalal<\/a><\/strong> (18 &#8211; 5 &#8211; 1) este 25 de abril. El ganador del combate se ganar\u00eda el derecho de ser el pr\u00f3ximo retador al cintur\u00f3n de 145 libras. Claro, a la espera de lo que suceda este s\u00e1bado entre <strong>Movsar Evloev<\/strong> y <strong>Lerone<\/strong> <strong>Murphy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW MAIN EVENT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/funkmasterMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@FunkmasterMMA<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/themorocandevil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TheMorocanDevil<\/a><br><br>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCVegas116?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#UFCVegas116<\/a> | LIVE APRIL 25 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paramountplus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ParamountPlus<\/a> ] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/39IOD2SkNU\">pic.twitter.com\/39IOD2SkNU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/2032268906187145225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 13, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sterling, excampe\u00f3n de 135 libras, subi\u00f3 a 2 &#8211; 1 desde su regreso al Peso Pluma gracias a una ajustada victoria por decisi\u00f3n un\u00e1nime sobre <strong>Brian Ortega<\/strong> en el <strong>UFC Shangh\u00e1i<\/strong>. &#8216;Funk Master&#8217; ha ganado dos de sus \u00faltimas cuatro disputa sosbre el oct\u00e1gono.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zalal, s\u00e9ptimo del ranking, llega a su primera estelar en UFC habiendo sometido e 98 segundos a <strong>Josh Emmett<\/strong> en el <strong>UFC 320<\/strong>. El marroqu\u00ed est\u00e1 invicto con un r\u00e9cord de 5 &#8211; 0 desde su regreso a la organizaci\u00f3n en marzo de 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El UFC Vegas 116 se celebra desde el UFC Meta APEX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MMAalDia\"><strong>\u00a1Recuerden seguir a MMA al D\u00eda en X!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El UFC Vegas 116 ha encontrado su pelea estelar. UFC anunci\u00f3 que Aljamain Sterling (25 &#8211; 5) enfrentar\u00e1 a Youssef Zalal (18 &#8211; 5 &#8211; 1) este 25 de abril. El ganador del combate se ganar\u00eda el derecho de ser el pr\u00f3ximo retador al cintur\u00f3n de 145 libras. 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