Aljamain Sterling
“Funk Master”
Featherweight#4Active
Career record
26–5–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
18–5–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
3KO8SUB14DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
2KO0SUB3DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1989-07-31 · age 37
- Height
- 5′ 7″ (67 in)
- Reach
- 71 in
- Leg reach
- 39 in
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- United States
- Hometown
- United States
- Gym / team
- Serra-Longo - Long Island, NY
- Octagon debut
- Feb. 22, 2014
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 4.26
- Striking accuracy
- 52%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 2.15
- Striking defence
- 59%
- Takedown average
- 2.54
- Takedown accuracy
- 32%
- Takedown defence
- 44%
- Submission average
- 0.60
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
23 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-25 | Youssef Zalal | Win | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal |
| 2025-08-23 | Brian Ortega | Win | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Bantamweight | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang |
| 2024-12-07 | Movsar Evloev | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Featherweight | UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura |
| 2024-04-13 | Calvin Kattar | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Featherweight | UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill |
| 2023-08-19 | Sean O'Malleytitle | Loss | TKO · R2 · 0:51 | Bantamweight | UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley |
| 2023-05-06 | Henry Cejudotitle | Win | Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Bantamweight | UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo |
| 2022-10-22 | TJ Dillashawtitle | Win | TKO · R2 · 3:44 | Bantamweight | UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev |
| 2022-04-09 | Petr Yantitle | Win | Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Bantamweight | UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie |
| 2021-03-06 | Petr Yantitle | Win | Disqualification · R4 · 4:29 | Bantamweight | UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya |
| 2020-06-06 | Cory Sandhagen | Win | Submission · R1 · 1:28 | Bantamweight | UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer |
| 2019-06-08 | Pedro Munhoz | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Bantamweight | UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes |
| 2019-02-17 | Jimmie Rivera | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Bantamweight | UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez |
| 2018-09-08 | Cody Stamann | Win | Submission · R2 · 3:42 | Bantamweight | UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till |
| 2018-04-21 | Brett Johns | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Bantamweight | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee |
| 2017-12-09 | Marlon Moraes | Loss | TKO · R1 · 1:07 | Bantamweight | UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega |
| 2017-07-29 | Renan Barao | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Catchweight | UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 |
| 2017-04-15 | Augusto Mendes | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Bantamweight | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis |
| 2017-01-28 | Raphael Assuncao | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Bantamweight | UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena |
| 2016-05-29 | Bryan Caraway | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Bantamweight | UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt |
| 2015-12-10 | Johnny Eduardo | Win | Submission · R2 · 4:18 | Bantamweight | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant |
| 2015-04-18 | Takeya Mizugaki | Win | Submission · R3 · 2:11 | Bantamweight | UFC on FOX: Machida vs Rockhold |
| 2014-07-16 | Hugo Viana | Win | TKO · R3 · 3:50 | Bantamweight | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller |
| 2014-02-22 | Cody Gibson | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Bantamweight | UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 23 rows in the archive list Aljamain Sterling as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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