Aljamain Sterling vs Petr Yan
Aljamain Sterling is 26-5-0; Petr Yan is 21-5-0. Aljamain Sterling is 4 years older than Petr Yan. Aljamain Sterling has a 4" · 10 cm reach advantage over Petr Yan. They have met 2 times: Aljamain Sterling 2, Petr Yan 0.
Style & credentials
- 2019Black belt · BJJMatt Serra
- 2011All-American · NCAA D3141 lb Catchweight
- 2010All-American · NCAA D3133 lb Catchweight
- —Uniondale High SchoolWrestling Folkstyle · 2004-2007
- —Blue belt · BJJ
- 2017ACB Bantamweight ChampionAbsolute Championship Berkut (ACB)
- —Master of SportBoxing
- —Master of SportMMA
Sig. strikes by zone
Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes
Time in position
Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground
How good, really
Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words
Ranked against 1497 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.
Striking & grappling
Same scale left and right on every row
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
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
1 early stoppage has no logged time
Recent form · last 5
- WUFC Fight Night: Sterling vs Zalal· Apr 25, 2026Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Walker vs Zhang· Aug 23, 2025Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Catchweight
- L
- W
- L
Full record · 31 fightsShow less
- W
- W
- W
- W
- W
- W
- WUFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs Velasquez· Feb 17, 2019Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- W
- WUFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Lee· Apr 21, 2018Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- L
- W
- WUFC Fight Night: Johnson vs Reis· Apr 15, 2017Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- L
- L
- W
- W
- W
- W
- WJoel RobertsCFFC 30: Sterling vs. Roberts· Nov 2, 2013SUB · R1 · 1:49 · Bantamweight
- WSidemar HonorioCFFC 16· Aug 24, 2012SUB · R2 · 4:05 · Bantamweight
- WCasey JohnsonCFFC 14· Apr 14, 2012SUB · R3 · 2:11 · Bantamweight
- W
- WEvan ChmieleskiCFFC 10 : Black Eye· Jul 23, 2011TKO · R1 · 4:58 · Featherweight
- W
- WHarley LeimbachExtreme Fight Club· May 21, 2011SUB
- WSergio da SilvaUniversal Combat Championship· Apr 21, 2011DEC
- WUFC 333: Volkanovski vs Evloev· Oct 24, 2026Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- WUFC 323: Dvalishvili vs Yan 2· Dec 6, 2025Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs De Ridder· Jul 26, 2025Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- WUFC Macau: Yan vs Figueiredo· Nov 23, 2024Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- W
Full record · 26 fightsShow less
- LUFC Fight Night: Yan vs Dvalishvili· Mar 11, 2023Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- L
- LUFC 273: Volkanovski vs The Korean Zombie· Apr 9, 2022SD · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- WUFC 267: Blachowicz vs Teixeira· Oct 30, 2021Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Interim Bantamweight
- L
- W
- W
- W
- WUFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs Santos· Feb 23, 2019Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- W
- WJin Soo SonUFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Oleinik· Sep 15, 2018Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- W
- W
- W
- W
- L
- W
- WArtur MirzakhanyanCSFR· Jul 5, 2015TKO · R1 · 2:40 · Bantamweight
- W
- WRenato VelameACA 14: ACB 14 - Grand Prix 2015· Feb 28, 2015DEC · Bantamweight
- WMurad BakievBaikal Storm· Dec 20, 2014TKO · R3 · 0:45 · Bantamweight
Head-to-Head History
Common Opponents
How each fared against the same opponents.
Frequently asked questions
Have Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan ever fought?
Yes, 2 times. Most recently at UFC 273: Volkanovski vs The Korean Zombie (Sat, Apr 9, 2022), where Aljamain Sterling won by Split Decision.
What are the records of Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan?
Aljamain Sterling is 26-5-0 and Petr Yan is 21-5-0.
Who has the longer reach, Aljamain Sterling or Petr Yan?
Aljamain Sterling has the longer reach: 71" · 180 cm against 67" · 170 cm for Petr Yan, a 4" · 10 cm advantage.
Who is taller, Aljamain Sterling or Petr Yan?
Neither. Both stand 5'7" · 170 cm.
Who is older, Aljamain Sterling or Petr Yan?
Aljamain Sterling is 37 and Petr Yan is 33.
Who has more finishes, Aljamain Sterling or Petr Yan?
Aljamain Sterling has 11 wins inside the distance (3 by KO/TKO, 8 by submission); Petr Yan has 8 wins (7 by KO/TKO, 1 by submission).