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Aljamain Sterling
“Funk Master”
United StatesFeatherweightActiveage 37
26-5
84% win rate
W2 streak
Peak Vertex
2022-10-22 → 2022-10-2294held 5 bouts-71 vs current
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2022-10-22
Eased since the peak
Upcoming
Scheduled and newly announced fights. Announced bouts are reported bookings not yet on the official card.
- UFC Fight Night2026-11-21Featherweight
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Draw / No contest
- Title
18 wins5 losseslast 5: W W L W Ldrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(23) | R2(21) | R3(17) | R4(5) | R5(4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 17.6 | 25.1 | 21.9 | 22.4 | 16.3 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 8.8 | 14.5 | 9.9 | 17.7 | 16.8 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.78 | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.60 | 0.75 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.47 | 0.22 | 0.25 |
| Control time | 1:40 | 1:46 | 1:40 | 1:20 | 1:54 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal2026-04-25W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang2025-08-23W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura2024-12-07L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill2024-04-13W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley2023-08-19L·KO·R2 · 0:51
- UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo2023-05-06W·S-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev2022-10-22W·KO·R2 · 3:44
- W·S-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya2021-03-06W·DQ·R4 · 4:29
- UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer2020-06-06W·Sub·R1 · 1:28
- UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes2019-06-08W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez2019-02-17W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till2018-09-08W·Sub·R2 · 3:42
- UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee2018-04-21W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega2017-12-09L·KO·R1 · 1:07
- UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 22017-07-29W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis2017-04-15W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena2017-01-28L·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt2016-05-29L·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant2015-12-10W·Sub·R2 · 4:18
- UFC on FOX: Machida vs Rockhold2015-04-18W·Sub·R3 · 2:11
- UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller2014-07-16W·KO·R3 · 3:50
- UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann2014-02-22W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- MMA Fighting
Former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling has pushed back against California Athletic Commission Director Andy Foster's proposal to ban oblique kicks, arguing that the focus should instead…
- MMA Fighting
The UFC has officially announced a light heavyweight showdown between former champion Jiri Prochazka and undefeated Navajo Stirling as the main event of UFC Qatar on November 21 in Doha.
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