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Aljamain Sterling
Fighter

Aljamain Sterling

"Funk Master"
26-5-0#4Featherweight★ 1bonusUnited StatesUnited StatesLast 5
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 31 bouts on record. Aljamain Sterling has won 26 fights: 3 by KO/TKO, 8 by submission, 15 by decision. Of 5 career losses, 2 came by KO/TKO and 0 by submission. In the UFC, Aljamain Sterling lands 4.26 significant strikes per minute with 52% accuracy and averages 2.54 takedowns per 15 minutes. 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
Orthodox
DOB
1989-07-31
Age
37
Nationality
United States
Birthplace
United States

Fight DNA

Submission Ace

UFCalendar's style model · Featherweight roster (14 fighters)

PowerSpeedPrecisionDurabilityEngineWrestlingGround
Submission Threat
97 · top 7% in division
Punch power88
Kick power91
Punch speed93
Kick speed95
Accuracy90
Takedowns94
Ground striking93
Submissions97
Chin92
Body strength92
Cardio97

Attributes are rated 0-100 by UFCalendar's style model.

By the numbers

UFC careerRecord: 26-5-0 · Source: UFCStats.com
Striking
Strikes landed4.26per min
52% accuracy
Strikes absorbed2.15per min
59% avoided
Grappling
Takedowns landed2.54per 15 min
32% success
Takedowns stuffed44%
Submission attempts0.6per 15 min

Bonus résumé

Aljamain Sterling has won 1 UFC post-fight bonus. Estimated bonus earnings: $50,000.

★ POTN ×1
  1. ★ POTNvs Cory Sandhagen · UFC 250: Nunes vs SpencerJun 6, 2020

Estimates use each era's real amount: $50,000 from 2012, $100,000 from UFC 324, plus $25,000 finish incentives.

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Salary & career earnings

Disclosed purses, reported paydays and our model's estimate of what Aljamain Sterling earns per fight.

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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. WIN
    vs Calvin Kattar
    UFCUFC 300: Pereira vs Hill· Apr 13, 2024· Featherweight· 23-4 vs 23-7
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  5. LOSS
    vs Sean O'MalleyTitle bout
    UFCUFC 292: Sterling vs O'Malley· Aug 19, 2023· Bantamweight· 23-3 vs 16-1
    TKO
    R2 · 0:51
  6. WIN
    vs Henry Cejudo×7Title bout · Title win #7
    UFCUFC 288: Sterling vs Cejudo· May 6, 2023· Bantamweight· 22-3 vs 16-2
    SD
    R5 · 5:00
  7. WIN
    vs TJ Dillashaw×6Title bout · Title win #6
    UFCUFC 280: Oliveira vs Makhachev· Oct 22, 2022· Bantamweight· 21-3 vs 17-4
    TKO
    R2 · 3:44
  8. WIN
    vs Petr Yan×5Title bout · Title win #5
    UFCUFC 273: Volkanovski vs The Korean Zombie· Apr 9, 2022· Bantamweight· 20-3 vs 16-2
    SD
    R5 · 5:00
  9. WIN
    vs Petr Yan×4Title bout · Title win #4
    UFCUFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya· Mar 6, 2021· Bantamweight· 19-3 vs 15-1
    DQ
    R4 · 4:29
  10. WIN
    vs Cory Sandhagen
    UFCUFC 250: Nunes vs Spencer· Jun 6, 2020· Bantamweight· 18-3 vs 12-1
    SUB
    R1 · 1:28
    POTN
  11. WIN
    vs Pedro Munhoz
    UFCUFC 238: Cejudo vs Moraes· Jun 9, 2019· Bantamweight· 17-3 vs 18-3
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  12. WIN
    vs Jimmie Rivera
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs Velasquez· Feb 18, 2019· Bantamweight· 16-3 vs 22-2
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  13. WIN
    vs Cody Stamann
    UFCUFC 228: Woodley vs Till· Sep 8, 2018· Bantamweight· 15-3 vs 17-1
    SUB
    R2 · 3:42
  14. WIN
    vs Brett Johns
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Lee· Apr 22, 2018· Bantamweight· 14-3 vs 15-0
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  15. LOSS
    vs Marlon Moraes
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Swanson vs Ortega· Dec 9, 2017· Bantamweight· 14-2 vs 19-5-1
    TKO
    R1 · 1:07
  16. WIN
    vs Renan Barao
    UFCUFC 214: Cormier vs Jones 2· Jul 30, 2017· Catchweight· 13-2 vs 34-4
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  17. WIN
    vs Augusto Mendes
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Johnson vs Reis· Apr 16, 2017· Bantamweight· 12-2 vs 6-1
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  18. LOSS
    vs Raphael Assuncao
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs Peña· Jan 29, 2017· Bantamweight· 12-1 vs 22-5
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  19. LOSS
    vs Bryan Caraway
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt· May 30, 2016· Bantamweight· 12-0 vs 18-7
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  20. WIN
    vs Johnny Eduardo
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs VanZant· Dec 10, 2015· Bantamweight· 11-0 vs 27-9
    SUB
    R2 · 4:18
  21. WIN
    vs Takeya Mizugaki
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Machida vs Rockhold· Apr 18, 2015· Bantamweight· 10-0 vs 20-8-2
    SUB
    R3 · 2:11
  22. WIN
    vs Hugo Viana
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs Miller· Jul 16, 2014· Bantamweight· 9-0 vs 8-1
    TKO
    R3 · 3:50
  23. WIN
    vs Cody Gibson
    UFCUFC 170: Rousey vs McMann· Feb 22, 2014· Bantamweight· 8-0 vs 11-3
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  24. WIN
    vs Joel Roberts×3Title bout · Title win #3
    CFFC 30: Sterling vs. Roberts· Nov 2, 2013· Bantamweight· 7-0 vs 8-4
    SUB
    R1 · 1:49
  25. WIN
    vs Sidemar Honorio×2Title bout · Title win #2
    CFFC 16· Aug 24, 2012· Bantamweight· 6-0 vs 8-2
    SUB
    R2 · 4:05
  26. WIN
    vs Casey Johnson×1Title bout · Title win #1
    CFFC 14· Apr 14, 2012· Bantamweight· 5-0 vs 4-1
    SUB
    R3 · 2:11
  27. WIN
    vs Sean Santella
    CFFC 11 : Danger Zone!· Oct 22, 2011· Bantamweight· 4-0 vs 8-2-1
    UD
  28. WIN
    vs Evan Chmieleski
    CFFC 10 : Black Eye· Jul 23, 2011· Featherweight· 3-0 vs 2-1
    TKO
    R1 · 4:58
  29. WIN
    vs Claudio Ledesma
    Ring of Combat 36· Jun 17, 2011· Bantamweight· 2-0 vs 4-1
    SD
  30. WIN
    vs Harley Leimbach
    Extreme Fight Club· May 21, 2011· 1-0 vs 0-5
    SUB
  31. WIN
    vs Sergio da Silva
    Universal Combat Championship· Apr 21, 2011· 0-0 vs 0-1
    DEC

Career history data via Tapology.

Official UFC Ranking

Aljamain Sterling's standing in the official UFC rankings, tracked since 2013.

Current
#4 Featherweight
Meta rank
#4 Featherweight
Peak
Champion Bantamweight
First ranked
Apr 20, 2015
Times ranked
450

Men's Pound-for-Pound

#1#5#10#15202220232024Mar 8, 2021 · #15Mar 23, 2021 · #14May 17, 2021 · #15Aug 2, 2021 · #15Apr 12, 2022 · #12Apr 18, 2022 · #11May 2, 2022 · #10May 9, 2022 · #9Jun 13, 2022 · #8Jul 4, 2022 · #7Jul 11, 2022 · #6Aug 22, 2022 · #7Oct 24, 2022 · #8Nov 14, 2022 · #9Jan 17, 2023 · #8Feb 7, 2023 · #7Mar 7, 2023 · #8Mar 21, 2023 · #7Apr 11, 2023 · #6Aug 22, 2023 · #9Aug 29, 2023 · #10Sep 12, 2023 · #13Oct 24, 2023 · #11Jan 23, 2024 · #12Feb 20, 2024 · #15Sep 10, 2024 · #15#15

Bantamweight

C#5#10#1520162018202020222024Apr 20, 2015 · #10Apr 27, 2015 · #9May 11, 2015 · #8May 25, 2015 · #9Jun 1, 2015 · #8Jun 15, 2015 · #7Jun 22, 2015 · #8Jun 29, 2015 · #7Jul 27, 2015 · #6Aug 3, 2015 · #7Sep 7, 2015 · #6Nov 9, 2015 · #5Mar 21, 2016 · #4Apr 12, 2016 · #5Apr 25, 2016 · #4May 31, 2016 · #6Aug 24, 2016 · #7Sep 14, 2016 · #8Dec 19, 2016 · #7Mar 6, 2017 · #8Aug 2, 2017 · #7Nov 13, 2017 · #8Dec 13, 2017 · #9Mar 5, 2018 · #8Sep 12, 2018 · #7Feb 19, 2019 · #5Mar 5, 2019 · #3Jun 11, 2019 · #2Oct 12, 2020 · #1Mar 8, 2021 · CAug 22, 2023 · #1Feb 20, 2024 · #2Apr 9, 2024 · #2#2

Featherweight

#1#5#10#1520252026Apr 16, 2024 · #8Sep 17, 2024 · #9Jul 1, 2025 · #8Jul 15, 2025 · #7Aug 26, 2025 · #5Apr 28, 2026 · #4Aug 11, 2026 · #4#4

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UFCalendar Power Index rating

Current
1891▲9
Peak
1905May 6, 2023
Rated fights
31
15001650180020122015201820212024Apr 21, 2011 · 1526May 21, 2011 · 1547Jun 17, 2011 · 1564Jul 23, 2011 · 1607Oct 22, 2011 · 1645Apr 14, 2012 · 1685Aug 24, 2012 · 1709Nov 2, 2013 · 1725Feb 22, 2014 · 1746Jul 16, 2014 · 1778Apr 18, 2015 · 1806Dec 10, 2015 · 1822May 30, 2016 · 1808Jan 29, 2017 · 1793Apr 16, 2017 · 1808Jul 30, 2017 · 1836Dec 9, 2017 · 1800Apr 22, 2018 · 1825Sep 8, 2018 · 1840Feb 18, 2019 · 1850Jun 9, 2019 · 1862Jun 6, 2020 · 1876Mar 6, 2021 · 1893Apr 9, 2022 · 1890Oct 22, 2022 · 1901May 6, 2023 · 1905Aug 19, 2023 · 1880Apr 13, 2024 · 1886Dec 7, 2024 · 1877Aug 23, 2025 · 1882Apr 25, 2026 · 18911891

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Frequently asked questions

When does Aljamain Sterling fight next?

Aljamain Sterling has no confirmed upcoming fight.

What is Aljamain Sterling's record?

Aljamain Sterling's professional MMA record is 26-5-0.

Who is Aljamain Sterling fighting next?

Aljamain Sterling's next opponent has not been announced.

Who did Aljamain Sterling fight last?

Aljamain Sterling most recently fought Youssef Zalal at UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs Zalal on Saturday, April 25, 2026, WIN (Unanimous Decision).

What weight class does Aljamain Sterling fight in?

Aljamain Sterling fights at Featherweight.

Is Aljamain Sterling ranked in the UFC?

Aljamain Sterling is currently ranked #4 in the UFC Featherweight division.

How many knockouts does Aljamain Sterling have?

Aljamain Sterling has 3 wins by KO/TKO and 8 wins by submission.

How many UFC bonuses has Aljamain Sterling won?

Aljamain Sterling has won 1 UFC post-fight bonus: 1× Performance of the Night.

How tall is Aljamain Sterling?

Aljamain Sterling is 5'7" (170 cm) tall.

How much does Aljamain Sterling weigh?

Aljamain Sterling weighs 145 lbs (66 kg).

What is Aljamain Sterling's reach?

Aljamain Sterling has a reach of 71" (180 cm).

How old is Aljamain Sterling?

Aljamain Sterling is 37 years old (born Jul 31, 1989).

Where is Aljamain Sterling from?

Aljamain Sterling is from United States.