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Aljamain Sterling vs Kevin Vallejos
Style & credentials
Aljamain Sterling
Folkstyle WrestlingBJJ
- 2019Black belt · BJJMatt Serra
- 2011All-American · NCAA D3141 lb
- 2010All-American · NCAA D3133 lb
- —Uniondale High SchoolWrestling Folkstyle · 2004-2007
Kevin Vallejos
No background on record
Camp · Brothers of Life MMA · ArgentinaSig. strikes by zone
Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes
50%61%
Head
31%27%
Body
19%12%
Leg
Time in position
Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground
Aljamain Sterlinglast 7 fights
49%19%32%
Kevin Vallejoslast 6 fights
74%24%
■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground
How good, really
Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words
Aljamain Sterling· from fights outside the UFC Kevin Vallejos· from fights outside the UFC
Strikes landed / min
4.264.98
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Aljamain Sterling · Good · better than 74% of UFC fightersKevin Vallejos · Elite · better than 87% of UFC fighters
Strikes taken / minfewer is better
2.153.27
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Aljamain Sterling · Elite · better than 88% of UFC fightersKevin Vallejos · Average · better than 54% of UFC fighters
Takedowns landed / 15 min
2.540.66
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Aljamain Sterling · Good · better than 81% of UFC fightersKevin Vallejos · Below avg · better than 29% of UFC fighters
Takedown accuracy
32%29%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Aljamain Sterling · Below avg · better than 34% of UFC fightersKevin Vallejos · Below avg · better than 27% of UFC fighters
Takedown defence
45%83%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Aljamain Sterling · Poor · better than 19% of UFC fightersKevin Vallejos · Elite · better than 87% of UFC fighters
Submission attempts / 15 min
0.600.00
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Aljamain Sterling · Good · better than 62% of UFC fightersKevin Vallejos · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fighters
Ranked against 1483 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.
Striking & grappling
Same scale left and right on every row
4.26
Strikes landed / min4.98
2.15
Strikes taken / minfewer is better3.27
2.54 / 7.9
Takedowns landed / 15 min0.66 / 2.3
32%
Takedown accuracy29%
45%
Takedown defence83%
4:46
Control time / fight1:14
0.60
Submission attempts / 15 min0.00
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
Kevin Vallejos6 UFC fights · 279 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
46%128/368
28%78/111
11%31/37
Clinch
6%17/27
2%5/6
0%0/0
Ground
7%20/27
0%0/0
0%0/0
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
Kevin Vallejos15 of 19 ended early · 79%4 went the distance
R1R2R3R4R5
2 early stoppages have no logged time
finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended
Recent form · last 5
Aljamain Sterling3-2
- 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
- LUFC 310: Pantoja vs Asakura · Dec 7, 2024Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- 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
Kevin Vallejos5-0
- W
- W
- WUFC Fight Night: Taira vs Park · Aug 2, 2025Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- W
- WCam TeagueDana White's Contender Series 73 · Sep 24, 2024TKO · R1 · 2:23 · Featherweight
Full record · 19 fightsShow less
- WGonzalo ContrerasSamurai Fight House 15 · Mar 2, 2024TKO · R2 · 4:23 · Featherweight
- WMaximiliano PerezSamurai Fight House 14 · Dec 22, 2023· R3 · 1:30 · Featherweight
- LDana White's Contender Series 61 · Sep 5, 2023Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- W
- WAldo EspindolaSamurai Fight House 10 · Mar 11, 2023TKO · R1 · 2:23 · Lightweight
- WNestor MachadoSamurai Fight House 8 · Dec 16, 2022Unanimous Decision · Featherweight
- WEmmanuel VallejosSamurai Fight House 7 · Nov 19, 2022TKO · R2 · 1:04 · Featherweight
- WPablo EtelecheaSamurai Fight House 6 · Oct 15, 2022TKO · R1 · 3:06 · Bantamweight
- WMauricio FloresSamurai Fight House 5 · Jun 19, 2022TKO · R1 · 0:49 · Featherweight
- WGabriel VargasSamurai Fight House 4 · May 22, 2022· R1 · 1:59 · Featherweight
- WJesus RuCAM 7 · Mar 12, 2022Unanimous Decision · Featherweight
- WLucas MiletichSamurai Fight House 3 · Feb 12, 2022TKO · R1 · 4:08 · Featherweight
- WMatias PonceCobra Fighter 1 · Dec 5, 2021TKO · R1 · 0:39 · Featherweight
- WRocco CenaSupreme Warrior 6 · Sep 4, 2021TKO · R2 · 3:40 · Featherweight