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Aljamain Sterling
“Funk Master”

Aljamain Sterling

Featherweight·Cortland, New York·United States
Record
26-5-0
CampSerra-Longo Fight Team
Age
36
Born
Jul 31, 1989
Height
170.18 cm
Reach
180.34 cm
Stance
Orthodox

Career statistics

Sig. strikes / min
4.26
Striking accuracy
52.00%
Sig. absorbed / min
2.15
Striking defense
59.00%
Takedowns / 15min
2.54
Takedown accuracy
32.00%
Takedown defense
44.00%
Sub. att. / 15min
0.60

UFC fight history

W
vs. Youssef Zalal
Decision (Unanimous) · R5 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal
Apr 25, 2026
W
vs. Brian Ortega
Decision (Unanimous) · R5 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang
Aug 23, 2025
L
vs. Movsar Evloev
Decision (Unanimous) · R3 · 5:00
UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura
Dec 7, 2024
W
vs. Calvin Kattar
Decision (Unanimous) · R3 · 5:00
UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill
Apr 13, 2024
L
vs. Sean O'Malley· Title
KO/TKO · R2 · 0:51
UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley
Aug 19, 2023
W
vs. Henry Cejudo· Title
Decision (Split) · R5 · 5:00
UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo
May 6, 2023
W
vs. TJ Dillashaw· Title
KO/TKO · R2 · 3:44
UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev
Oct 22, 2022
W
vs. Petr Yan· Title
Decision (Split) · R5 · 5:00
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie
Apr 9, 2022
W
vs. Petr Yan· Title
DQ · R4 · 4:29
UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
Mar 6, 2021
W
vs. Cory Sandhagen
Submission · R1 · 1:28
UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer
Jun 6, 2020
W
vs. Pedro Munhoz
Decision (Unanimous) · R3 · 5:00
UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes
Jun 8, 2019
W
vs. Jimmie Rivera
Decision (Unanimous) · R3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez
Feb 17, 2019
W
vs. Cody Stamann
Submission · R2 · 3:42
UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till
Sep 8, 2018
W
vs. Brett Johns
Decision (Unanimous) · R3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee
Apr 21, 2018
L
vs. Marlon Moraes
KO/TKO · R1 · 1:07
UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega
Dec 9, 2017
W
vs. Renan Barao
Decision (Unanimous) · R3 · 5:00
UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2
Jul 29, 2017
W
vs. Augusto Mendes
Decision (Unanimous) · R3 · 5:00
UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis
Apr 15, 2017
L
vs. Raphael Assuncao
Decision (Split) · R3 · 5:00
UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena
Jan 28, 2017
L
vs. Bryan Caraway
Decision (Split) · R3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt
May 29, 2016
W
vs. Johnny Eduardo
Submission · R2 · 4:18
UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant
Dec 10, 2015
W
vs. Takeya Mizugaki
Submission · R3 · 2:11
UFC on FOX: Machida vs Rockhold
Apr 18, 2015
W
vs. Hugo Viana
KO/TKO · R3 · 3:50
UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller
Jul 16, 2014
W
vs. Cody Gibson
Decision (Unanimous) · R3 · 5:00
UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann
Feb 22, 2014