Story byFarah Hannoun, MMA JunkieFri, January 23, 2026 at 11:50 PM UTC·1 min readAljamain Sterling thinks Deiveson Figueiredo is being thrown to the wolves at UFC 324. Figueiredo (25-5-1 MMA, 14-5-1 UFC) is a massive underdog against Umar Nurmagomedov (19-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) in Saturday's featured prelim (Paramount+) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSince moving up to bantamweight, Figueiredo has mixed results. He started out 3-0 before losing two of his next three fights."No disrespect, but this is like a sacrificial lamb," Sterling said of Figueiredo on his YouTube channel. "He had like one moment in that fight (vs.