The fighter talked to The Post about his journey from a “broken home” to becoming a superstar in the combat sport.
The family eventually moved to nearby Uniondale, but the dangers persisted.High school wrestling saved Sterling from the circumstances of his environment.
“I’m just thankful that I was able to navigate through that and see a light at the end of the tunnel. I really do owe my life to wrestling,” he said. “I reached out to him on MySpace,” Sterling said. “He gave me the address to his gym, and it was five minutes from my college at SUNY Cortland. So from there, I went down as soon as the wrestling season ended.”Stephen Yang for N.Y.Post
“We hit it off from day one,” Serra, who focuses on Sterling’s grappling game, told The Post. “He never got handed anything, he works very hard. He was a good kid, and now he’s a great man.”
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