Aljamain Sterling Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	#7Youssef Zalal Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal	Apr 25, 2026
W	Brian Ortega Catch Weight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang	Aug 23, 2025
L	#5Movsar Evloev Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura	Dec 7, 2024
W	#8Calvin Kattar Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill	Apr 13, 2024
L	#2Sean O'MalleyTitle Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	0:51	UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley	Aug 19, 2023
W	CHenry CejudoTitle Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo	May 6, 2023
W	#2TJ DillashawTitle Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R2	3:44	UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev	Oct 22, 2022
W	#1Petr YanTitle Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie	Apr 9, 2022
W	CPetr YanTitle Bantamweight	DQ	Illegal Knee to Grounded Opponent	R4	4:29	UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya	Mar 6, 2021
W	#4Cory Sandhagen Bantamweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	1:28	UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer	Jun 6, 2020
W	#4Pedro Munhoz Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes	Jun 8, 2019
W	#5Jimmie Rivera Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez	Feb 17, 2019
W	#10Cody Stamann Bantamweight	Submission	Suloev Stretch From Back Control	R2	3:42	UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till	Sep 8, 2018
W	#14Brett Johns Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee	Apr 21, 2018
L	#7Marlon Moraes Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head At Distance	R1	1:07	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega	Dec 9, 2017
W	Renan Barao Catch Weight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2	Jul 29, 2017
W	Augusto Mendes Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis	Apr 15, 2017
L	#4Raphael Assuncao Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena	Jan 28, 2017
L	#8Bryan Caraway Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt	May 29, 2016
W	#10Johnny Eduardo Bantamweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R2	4:18	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant	Dec 10, 2015
W	#6Takeya Mizugaki Bantamweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Bottom Guard	R3	2:11	UFC on FOX: Machida vs. Rockhold	Apr 18, 2015
W	Hugo Viana Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R3	3:50	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller	Jul 16, 2014
W	Cody Gibson Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann	Feb 22, 2014

Outside the UFC

8-0across 8 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 4 sub · 3 decCFFC 30 · CFFC 16 · CFFC 14 · CFFC 11 · CFFC 10 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Joel Roberts8-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:49	CFFC 30	Nov 2, 2013
W	Sidemar Honorio13-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	4:05	CFFC 16	Aug 24, 2012
W	Casey Johnson4-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	2:11	CFFC 14	Apr 14, 2012
W	Sean Santella24-9-2	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	CFFC 11	Oct 22, 2011
W	Evan Chmielski5-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:58	CFFC 10	Jul 23, 2011
W	Claudio Ledesma16-10	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	ROC 36	Jun 17, 2011
W	Harley Leimbach0-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:01	EFC	May 21, 2011
W	Sergio da Silva7-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UCC 4	Apr 22, 2011

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

2-1across 3 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsRW 8 · CZ 33 · RW 7

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Zechariah Lange6-4	Decision	Unanimous	R5	3:00	RW 8	Jul 17, 2010
W	Taylor Trahan7-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:34	CZ 33	Jun 19, 2010
L	Zechariah Lange6-4	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	RW 7	May 8, 2010

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

3 wins, 2 losses

W3

L2

Submission

8 wins, 0 losses

W8

L0

Decision

14 wins, 3 losses

W14

L3

Other

1 win, 0 losses

Disqualifications and other results

W1

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Below avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

4

Above avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.61

Above avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Aljamain Sterling

PowerChin

Knockout rate

9%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

5

1.41 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

13 scorecards on file

Aljamain Sterling

Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

Split their 4 coin-flip decisions evenly — no edge either way on the cards. Judges have given them 1 of 5 rounds they disagreed on (20%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–2

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–4

Won – Lost

20% went their way

Unanimous9 decisions · 69%

8W1L

Split4 decisions · 31%

2W2L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

3 rounds total

3

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB61st

52%1,407 / 2,675

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+2.11 differential

Landed4.26

Absorbed2.15

52%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+11%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head50%53rd703
Body31%89th443
Leg19%76th261

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

67%Standing

Standing67%941
Clinch15%209
Ground18%257

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Aljamain Sterling

Landed per 15

Head

C

51st

31.9

51st

Body

A+

91st

20.1

91st

Leg

A

78th

11.8

78th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A+

92nd

16.1

92nd

Body

B

66th

8.6

66th

Leg

C

50th

7.5

50th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	31.9	703	1,712	41%
Body	20.1	443	622	71%
Leg	11.8	261	341	77%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	16.1	355	1,230	29%
Body	8.6	190	302	63%
Leg	7.5	165	207	80%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Aljamain Sterling

32%

Takedown accuracy

45%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+2.4 min net

On top5.0

On bottom2.5

Offense

Takedowns

A

74th

2.5

74th

TD accuracy

D

42nd

32%

42nd

Sub attempts

B

66th

0.6

66th

Control

A

83rd

5.0 min

83rd

Defense

TD defense

F

23rd

45%

23rd

Controlled

2.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	56 / 174
Submission attempts	14
Control time	109:33

Defense

TDs defended	22 / 49
Control absorbed	56:06

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (331min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Aljamain Sterling

23 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 331 min

114%

R3 pace · 17 bouts

Sterling holds steady (+2% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Sterling lifts to 114% of round-1 output by round 3 (17 bouts).

Sterling — HOLDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Sterlinglanded / min

Takedown attempts

Sterlingattempts / min

Control time

Sterling% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.3	3.6	1.6	0.46	33%	23
R2	7.9	4.9	2.2	0.51	35%	21
R3	7.3	4.5	2.0	0.53	32%	17
R4	7.3	4.5	3.5	0.57	27%	5
R5	7.3	3.3	3.4	0.85	38%	4

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Aljamain Sterling

23 resolved UFC bouts · 18 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

88/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

97th

78%

97th

Win quality

A+

97th

78%

97th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

5

9

4

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	5	4-1	80%
Top-5	9	5-4	56%
Top-15	4	4-0	100%
Cross-div champ	1	1-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Youssef Zalal#7	Top-15	73	Apr 25, 2026
W	Brian Ortega	Cross-div ranked	45	Aug 23, 2025
L	Movsar Evloev#5	Top-5	86	Dec 7, 2024
W	Calvin Kattar#8	Top-5	78	Apr 13, 2024
L	Sean O'Malley#2	Champion	96	Aug 19, 2023
W	Henry CejudoCHAMP	Champion	100	May 6, 2023
W	TJ Dillashaw#2	Champion	97	Oct 22, 2022
W	Petr Yan#1	Champion	97	Apr 9, 2022
W	Petr YanCHAMP	Champion	100	Mar 6, 2021
W	Cory Sandhagen#4	Top-5	85	Jun 6, 2020
W	Pedro Munhoz#4	Top-5	81	Jun 8, 2019
W	Jimmie Rivera#5	Top-5	82	Feb 17, 2019
W	Cody Stamann#10	Top-15	69	Sep 8, 2018
W	Brett Johns#14	Top-15	63	Apr 21, 2018
L	Marlon Moraes#7	Top-5	84	Dec 9, 2017
W	Renan Barao	Cross-div champ	67	Jul 29, 2017
W	Augusto Mendes	Unproven	8	Apr 15, 2017
L	Raphael Assuncao#4	Top-5	85	Jan 28, 2017
L	Bryan Caraway#8	Top-5	80	May 29, 2016
W	Johnny Eduardo#10	Top-15	72	Dec 10, 2015
W	Takeya Mizugaki#6	Top-5	77	Apr 18, 2015
W	Hugo Viana	Building	18	Jul 16, 2014
W	Cody Gibson	Unproven	8	Feb 22, 2014

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

23 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

6-3

9 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

10-2

12 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

4-1

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

13-4

17 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

4-1

5 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

3-1

4 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-0

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Aljamain Sterling

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Youssef Zalal · Apr 25, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 12-2As underdog 6-3

86.4

DK avg

94.6

Median

114.9

Ceiling

29.5

Floor

78%

Boom

9%

Bust

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