Aljamain Sterling vs Jimmie Rivera

Aljamain Sterling is 26-5-0; Jimmie Rivera is 23-5-0. Aljamain Sterling has a 3" · 8 cm reach advantage over Jimmie Rivera. Aljamain Sterling is 3" · 8 cm taller than Jimmie Rivera. They have met once: Aljamain Sterling 1, Jimmie Rivera 0.

Aljamain Sterling

“Funk Master” · 26-5-0

Met once

Jimmie Rivera

“EL TERROR” · 23-5-0

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Style & credentials

Aljamain Sterling

Folkstyle WrestlingBJJ

2019Black belt · BJJMatt Serra
2011All-American · NCAA D3141 lb Catchweight
2010All-American · NCAA D3133 lb Catchweight
—Uniondale High SchoolWrestling Folkstyle · 2004-2007

Camp · Serra-Longo Fight Team · Long Island, New York, US

Jimmie Rivera

KarateFolkstyle Wrestling

—4th Dan · KarateTiger Schulmann's
2014CFFC Bantamweight ChampionshipCage Fury Fighting Championships
2012ROC Bantamweight ChampionshipRing of Combat
2010KOTC Bantamweight (135 lb) ChampionshipKing of the Cage

Camp · Tiger Schulmann's MMA (Team Tiger Schulmann) · Elmwood Park, New Jersey, US

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

50%

Head

48%

31%

Body

39%

19%

Leg

13%

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Aljamain Sterlinglast 23 fights

67%15%18%

Jimmie Riveralast 18 fights

75%24%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Aljamain Sterling Jimmie Rivera· incl. 7 fights outside the UFC

Strikes landed / min

4.264.03

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Aljamain Sterling · Good · better than 74% of UFC fightersJimmie Rivera · Good · better than 69% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.153.90

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Aljamain Sterling · Elite · better than 88% of UFC fightersJimmie Rivera · Below avg · better than 34% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

2.540.88

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Aljamain Sterling · Good · better than 81% of UFC fightersJimmie Rivera · Below avg · better than 39% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

32%28%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Aljamain Sterling · Below avg · better than 33% of UFC fightersJimmie Rivera · Below avg · better than 26% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

45%93%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Aljamain Sterling · Poor · better than 19% of UFC fightersJimmie Rivera · Elite · better than 96% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.600.10

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Aljamain Sterling · Good · better than 62% of UFC fightersJimmie Rivera · Below avg · better than 25% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1491 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

4.26

Strikes landed / min

4.03

2.15

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.90

2.54 / 7.9

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.88 / 3.1

32%

Takedown accuracy

28%

45%

Takedown defence

93%

4:46

Control time / fight

0:53

0.60

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.10

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Aljamain Sterling23 UFC fights · 1407 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

33%463/1364

18%260/416

15%218/286

Clinch

3%41/79

10%136/152

2%32/39

Ground

14%199/269

3%47/54

1%11/16

Jimmie Rivera11 UFC fights · 552 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

48%265/947

18%97/173

22%123/153

Clinch

4%23/40

3%17/21

3%14/17

Ground

2%10/14

0%0/0

1%3/3

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Aljamain Sterling14 of 31 ended early · 45%17 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

1 early stoppage has no logged time

Jimmie Rivera7 of 28 ended early · 25%21 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Aljamain Sterling3-2

W
Youssef Zalal
UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs Zalal· Apr 25, 2026
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Brian Ortega
UFC Fight Night: Walker vs Zhang· Aug 23, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Catchweight
L
Movsar Evloev
UFC 310: Pantoja vs Asakura· Dec 7, 2024
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Calvin Kattar
UFC 300: Pereira vs Hill· Apr 13, 2024
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
L
Sean O'Malley
UFC 292: Sterling vs O'Malley· Aug 19, 2023
TKO · R2 · 0:51 · Bantamweight

Full record · 31 fights

W
Henry Cejudo
UFC 288: Sterling vs Cejudo· May 6, 2023
SD · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
TJ Dillashaw
UFC 280: Oliveira vs Makhachev· Oct 22, 2022
TKO · R2 · 3:44 · Bantamweight
W
Petr Yan
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs The Korean Zombie· Apr 9, 2022
SD · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Petr Yan
UFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya· Mar 6, 2021
DQ · R4 · 4:29 · Bantamweight
W
Cory Sandhagen
UFC 250: Nunes vs Spencer· Jun 6, 2020
SUB · R1 · 1:28 · Bantamweight
W
Pedro Munhoz
UFC 238: Cejudo vs Moraes· Jun 8, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Jimmie Rivera
UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs Velasquez· Feb 17, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Cody Stamann
UFC 228: Woodley vs Till· Sep 8, 2018
SUB · R2 · 3:42 · Bantamweight
W
Brett Johns
UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Lee· Apr 21, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
L
Marlon Moraes
UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs Ortega· Dec 9, 2017
TKO · R1 · 1:07 · Bantamweight
W
Renan Barao
UFC 214: Cormier vs Jones 2· Jul 29, 2017
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Catchweight
W
Augusto Mendes
UFC Fight Night: Johnson vs Reis· Apr 15, 2017
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
L
Raphael Assuncao
UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs Peña· Jan 28, 2017
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
L
Bryan Caraway
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt· May 29, 2016
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Johnny Eduardo
UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs VanZant· Dec 10, 2015
SUB · R2 · 4:18 · Bantamweight
W
Takeya Mizugaki
UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Rockhold· Apr 18, 2015
SUB · R3 · 2:11 · Bantamweight
W
Hugo Viana
UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs Miller· Jul 16, 2014
TKO · R3 · 3:50 · Bantamweight
W
Cody Gibson
UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann· Feb 22, 2014
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Joel Roberts
CFFC 30: Sterling vs. Roberts· Nov 2, 2013
SUB · R1 · 1:49 · Bantamweight
W
Sidemar Honorio
CFFC 16· Aug 24, 2012
SUB · R2 · 4:05 · Bantamweight
W
Casey Johnson
CFFC 14· Apr 14, 2012
SUB · R3 · 2:11 · Bantamweight
W
Sean Santella
CFFC 11 : Danger Zone!· Oct 22, 2011
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
W
Evan Chmieleski
CFFC 10 : Black Eye· Jul 23, 2011
TKO · R1 · 4:58 · Featherweight
W
Claudio Ledesma
Ring of Combat 36· Jun 17, 2011
SD · Bantamweight
W
Harley Leimbach
Extreme Fight Club· May 21, 2011
SUB
W
Sergio da Silva
Universal Combat Championship· Apr 21, 2011
DEC

Jimmie Rivera2-3

L
Pedro Munhoz
UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs Gane· Feb 27, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Cody Stamann
UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Ige· Jul 16, 2020
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
L
Petr Yan
UFC 238: Cejudo vs Moraes· Jun 8, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
L
Aljamain Sterling
UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs Velasquez· Feb 17, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
John Dodson
UFC 228: Woodley vs Till· Sep 8, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight

Full record · 28 fights

L
Marlon Moraes
UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs Moraes· Jun 1, 2018
TKO · R1 · 0:33 · Bantamweight
W
Thomas Almeida
UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs Gastelum· Jul 22, 2017
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Urijah Faber
UFC 203: Miocic vs Overeem· Sep 10, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Iuri Alcantara
UFC Fight Night: Johnson vs Bader· Jan 30, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Pedro Munhoz
UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson· Nov 7, 2015
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Marcus Brimage
UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Leites· Jul 18, 2015
TKO · R1 · 1:29 · Bantamweight
W
Carson Beebe
CFFC 48: Good vs. Burrell· May 9, 2015
TKO · R1 · 0:16 · Bantamweight
W
Anthony Durnell
CFFC 43: Good vs. Webb· Nov 1, 2014
TKO · R3 · 3:22 · Bantamweight
W
Cody Stevens
CFFC 35: Heckman vs. Makashvili· Apr 26, 2014
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
W
Sidemar Honorio
WSOF 5: Arlovski vs. Kyle· Sep 14, 2013
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
W
Brian Kelleher
Bellator MMA: Bellator 95· Apr 4, 2013
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
W
Jesse Brock
BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 83· Dec 7, 2012
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Joel Roberts
Ring of Combat 42· Sep 14, 2012
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
W
Justin Hickey
Ring of Combat 41· Jun 15, 2012
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
W
Jared Papazian
KOTC: Empire· Feb 2, 2011
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
W
Abel Cullum
KOTC: No Mercy· Sep 17, 2010
SD · Bantamweight
W
Carlos Oliveira
Ring of Combat 29· Apr 16, 2010
TKO · R2 · 2:59 · Bantamweight
W
Claudio Ledesma
Universal Combat Championship· Mar 19, 2010
DEC
W
Nick Garcia
BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 11· Jun 12, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
W
Willie Gates
BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 2· Apr 10, 2009
SUB · R3 · 3:17
W
Tyler Venice
Ring of Combat 23· Feb 20, 2009
SUB · R2 · 1:13 · Bantamweight
L
Jason McLean
Ring of Combat 22· Nov 21, 2008
SD · Catchweight
W
Fernando Bernandino
Ring of Combat 21· Sep 12, 2008
Unanimous Decision · Catchweight

Head-to-Head History

UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs Velasquez
Sun, Feb 17, 2019
Aljamain Sterling
Unanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Aljamain SterlingJimmie Rivera

Frequently asked questions

Have Aljamain Sterling and Jimmie Rivera ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs Velasquez (Sun, Feb 17, 2019), where Aljamain Sterling won by Unanimous Decision.

What are the records of Aljamain Sterling and Jimmie Rivera?

Aljamain Sterling is 26-5-0 and Jimmie Rivera is 23-5-0.

Who has the longer reach, Aljamain Sterling or Jimmie Rivera?

Aljamain Sterling has the longer reach: 71" · 180 cm against 68" · 173 cm for Jimmie Rivera, a 3" · 8 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Aljamain Sterling or Jimmie Rivera?

Aljamain Sterling is taller at 5'7" · 170 cm; Jimmie Rivera stands 5'4" · 163 cm.

Who is older, Aljamain Sterling or Jimmie Rivera?

They are the same age: 37.

Who has more finishes, Aljamain Sterling or Jimmie Rivera?

Aljamain Sterling has 11 wins inside the distance (3 by KO/TKO, 8 by submission); Jimmie Rivera has 6 wins (4 by KO/TKO, 2 by submission).

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