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Aljamain Sterling
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Aljamain Sterling

"Funk Master"
26-5-0
Amateur MMA 6-1Grappling 3-1pro-wrestling 1-0
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CAREER SUMMARY

Aljamain Sterling holds a professional MMA record of 26-5-0. Their full professional MMA career spans 32 bouts on record. Aljamain Sterling has won 27 fights: 4 by KO/TKO, 4 by submission, 19 by decision. Aljamain Sterling also has 4 recorded Grappling bouts. Aljamain Sterling also has 1 recorded wrestling bout. Most recent fight: April 25, 2026. Tracked organizations: UFC.

Profile

Height
5'7"170 cm
Weight
145 lbs66 kg
Reach
71"180 cm
Stance
—
DOB
1989-07-31

UFC career

Source: UFCStats.com · Record: 26-5-0

SLpM
4.26
Str. Acc.
52%
SApM
2.15
Str. Def.
—
TD Avg.
2.54
TD Acc.
32%
TD Def.
44%
Sub. Avg.
—

Career history

  1. WIN
    vs Youssef Zalal
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Sterling vs Zalal· Apr 25, 2026· Featherweight· 25-5 vs 18-5-1
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  2. WIN
    vs Brian Ortega
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Walker vs Zhang· Aug 23, 2025· Catchweight· 24-5 vs 16-4
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  3. LOSS
    vs Movsar Evloev
    UFCUFC 310: Pantoja vs Asakura· Dec 7, 2024· Featherweight· 24-4 vs 18-0
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  4. CXLD
    vs Movsar Evloev
    UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree· Oct 5, 2024· Featherweight
    —
  5. WIN
    vs Calvin Kattar
    UFCUFC 300: Pereira vs Hill· Apr 13, 2024· Featherweight· 23-4 vs 23-7
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  6. LOSS
    vs Sean O'Malley
    UFCUFC 292: Sterling vs O'Malley· Aug 19, 2023· Bantamweight· Title bout· 23-3 vs 16-1
    TKO
    R2 · 0:51
  7. WIN
    vs Henry Cejudo
    UFCUFC 288: Sterling vs Cejudo· May 6, 2023· Bantamweight· Title bout· 22-3 vs 16-2
    SD
    R5 · 5:00
  8. WIN
    vs TJ Dillashaw
    UFCUFC 280: Oliveira vs Makhachev· Oct 22, 2022· Bantamweight· Title bout
    TKO
    R2 · 3:44
  9. WIN
    vs T.J. Dillashaw
    UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev· Oct 22, 2022· Bantamweight· Title bout· 21-3 vs 17-4
    TKO
    R2 · 3:44
  10. CXLD
    vs T.J. Dillashaw
    UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson· Sep 10, 2022· Bantamweight
    —
  11. WIN
    vs Petr Yan
    UFCUFC 273: Volkanovski vs The Korean Zombie· Apr 9, 2022· Bantamweight· Title bout· 20-3 vs 16-2
    SD
    R5 · 5:00
  12. CXLD
    vs Petr Yan
    UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira· Oct 30, 2021· Bantamweight
    —
  13. WIN
    vs Petr Yan
    UFCUFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya· Mar 6, 2021· Bantamweight· Title bout· 19-3 vs 15-1
    DQ
    R4 · 4:29
  14. CXLD
    vs Petr Yan
    UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno· Dec 12, 2020· Bantamweight
    —
  15. WIN
    vs Cory Sandhagen
    UFCUFC 250: Nunes vs Spencer· Jun 6, 2020· Bantamweight· 18-3 vs 12-1
    SUB
    R1 · 1:28
  16. WIN
    vs Pedro Munhoz
    UFCUFC 238: Cejudo vs Moraes· Jun 9, 2019· Bantamweight· 17-3 vs 18-3
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  17. WIN
    vs Jimmie Rivera
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs Velasquez· Feb 18, 2019· Bantamweight· 16-3 vs 22-2
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  18. WIN
    vs Cody Stamann
    UFCUFC 228: Woodley vs Till· Sep 8, 2018· Bantamweight· 15-3 vs 17-1
    SUB
    R2 · 3:42
  19. WIN
    vs Brett Johns
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Lee· Apr 22, 2018· Bantamweight· 14-3 vs 15-0
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  20. LOSS
    vs Marlon Moraes
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Swanson vs Ortega· Dec 9, 2017· Bantamweight· 14-2 vs 19-5-1
    TKO
    R1 · 1:07
  21. CXLD
    vs Rani Yahya
    UFC Fight Night 123· Dec 9, 2017· Bantamweight
    —
  22. WIN
    vs Renan Barao
    UFCUFC 214: Cormier vs Jones 2· Jul 30, 2017· Catchweight· 13-2 vs 34-4
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  23. WIN
    vs Augusto Mendes
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Johnson vs Reis· Apr 16, 2017· Bantamweight· 12-2 vs 6-1
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  24. LOSS
    vs Raphael Assuncao
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs Peña· Jan 29, 2017· Bantamweight· 12-1 vs 22-5
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  25. CXLD
    vs Raphael Assuncao
    UFC Fight Night 102· Dec 9, 2016· Bantamweight
    —
  26. LOSS
    vs Bryan Caraway
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt· May 30, 2016· Bantamweight· 12-0 vs 18-7
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  27. WIN
    vs Johnny Eduardo
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs VanZant· Dec 10, 2015· Bantamweight· 11-0 vs 27-9
    SUB
    R2 · 4:18
  28. WIN
    vs Takeya Mizugaki
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Machida vs Rockhold· Apr 18, 2015· Bantamweight· 10-0 vs 20-8-2
    SUB
    R3 · 2:11
  29. CXLD
    vs Manny Gamburyan
    UFC on FOX 15· Apr 18, 2015· Bantamweight
    —
  30. CXLD
    vs Frankie Saenz
    UFC Fight Night 55· Nov 7, 2014· Bantamweight
    —
  31. CXLD
    vs Mitch Gagnon
    UFC Fight Night 54· Oct 4, 2014· Bantamweight
    —
  32. WIN
    vs Hugo Viana
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs Miller· Jul 16, 2014· Bantamweight· 9-0 vs 8-1
    TKO
    R3 · 3:50
  33. WIN
    vs Cody Gibson
    UFCUFC 170: Rousey vs McMann· Feb 22, 2014· Bantamweight· 8-0 vs 11-3
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  34. CXLD
    vs Lucas Martins
    UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann· Feb 22, 2014· Bantamweight
    —
  35. WIN
    vs Joel Roberts
    CFFC 30: Sterling vs. Roberts· Nov 2, 2013· Bantamweight· Title bout· 7-0 vs 8-4
    —
    R1 · 1:49
  36. WIN
    vs Sidemar Honorio
    CFFC 16· Aug 24, 2012· Bantamweight· Title bout· 6-0 vs 8-2
    —
    R2 · 4:05
  37. WIN
    vs Casey Johnson
    CFFC 14· Apr 14, 2012· Bantamweight· Title bout· 5-0 vs 4-1
    —
    R3 · 2:11
  38. WIN
    vs Sean Santella
    CFFC 11 : Danger Zone!· Oct 22, 2011· Bantamweight· 4-0 vs 8-2-1
    UD
  39. CXLD
    vs Michael LaDuke
    Ring of Combat 37· Sep 9, 2011· Bantamweight
    —
  40. CXLD
    vs John Green
    Combat Zone 38· Jul 29, 2011· Bantamweight
    —
  41. WIN
    vs Evan Chmieleski
    CFFC 10 : Black Eye· Jul 23, 2011· Featherweight· 3-0 vs 2-1
    TKO
    R1 · 4:58
  42. CXLD
    vs Lucas Cruz
    WCF 11: Lauzon vs Weisman· Jun 18, 2011· Featherweight
    —
  43. WIN
    vs Claudio Ledesma
    Ring of Combat 36· Jun 17, 2011· Bantamweight· 2-0 vs 4-1
    SD
  44. WIN
    vs Harley Leimbach
    Extreme Fight Club· May 21, 2011· 1-0 vs 0-5
    —
  45. WIN
    vs Sergio da Silva
    Universal Combat Championship· Apr 21, 2011· 0-0 vs 0-1
    —
  46. CXLD
    vs Matthew DiMarcantonio
    CES 5: Cage of Pain· Apr 8, 2011· Featherweight
    —

Career history data via Tapology.