Former UFC champion Aljamain Sterling is looking to make another title run in the final chapter of his career.Sterling has won three of his past four bouts, most recently putting an end to Youssef Zalal's eight-fight win streak in the UFC Fight Night 274 main event in April.Based on the rankings, Sterling (26-5 MMA, 18-5 UFC) sees Lerone Murphy (17-1-1 MMA, 9-1-1 UFC) as the perfect opponent to get him there."There were three names floated to me," Sterling said in an interview with Ignition Poker. "I think the one that makes the most sense, which wasn't floated, is Lerone Murphy. He's an Englishman, but he's also Jamaican, so that fight would kind of suck because we would both have to compete and knock one another off. But it's the matchup that makes the most sense because he's the highest-ranked guy. I want to fight the best guy who is going to get me to the title shot the fastest. I'm not the youngest anymore. I'm 36, turning 37 this month. Lerone Murphy makes the most sense for that. It's more of a respect thing. There's no animosity or anything like that. "He's just the highest-ranked guy behind, I believe, Diego Lopes. I don't know if they would give me Diego, and I'm hearing Diego is possibly moving up (to lightweight), as well. I want to move up the rankings, but if they give me Jean Silva or something like that, I'm OK with that too. We'll see what happens. Jean Silva is a tough fight. Some people think it would be an easy one for me. Man, he's a tougher fight than people realize. Maybe they're just really impressed with what I did to a guy like Youssef, but fighting is fighting. Every fight is different. Matchups can look good, and then they can be bad. That's why I have to do my job in the gym and make sure I'm ready."Murphy suffered his first-career loss when he lost a razor-thin majority decision to Movsar Evloev in the UFC Fight Night 270 headliner in March. Evloev was deducted a point due to an illegal groin strike in Round 4, but still managed to win the fight which Sterling found baffling. None of the 17 media members who submitted scores toMMA Decisionsscored the fight in favor of Evloev, with the majority ruling it a draw.This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Aljamain Sterling names who 'makes the most sense' for next fight