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Aljamain Sterling "Funk Master" — UFC stats, style, model picks · CageSide

Aljamain Sterling

Aljamain Sterling

"Funk Master"

Featherweight

18-5

UFC Record

8-0

Pre-UFC (MMA)

UFC debut 2014-02-22

STYLE BREAKDOWN

🤼Wrestling·TIER Aalso strong: BJJ

Style DNA

Badges earned

🥶Surgical👊Body Snatcher🎯Sniper🤼Takedown Artist👑Control King🛡️Untouchable

Scouting attributes

All ratings 0–99, percentile-ranked vs the entire UFC roster.

FIGHT HISTORY

Youssef Zalal

vs Youssef Zalal

Decision

UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal

04/25/2026

Brian Ortega

vs Brian Ortega

Decision

UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang

08/23/2025

Movsar Evloev

vs Movsar Evloev

Decision

UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura

12/07/2024

Calvin Kattar

vs Calvin Kattar

Decision

UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill

04/13/2024

Sean O'Malley

vs Sean O'Malley

Tko · Punches to Head On Ground

UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley

08/19/2023

Henry Cejudo

vs Henry Cejudo

Split Decision

UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo

05/06/2023

TJ Dillashaw

vs TJ Dillashaw

Tko · Punches to Head From Back Control

UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev

10/22/2022

Petr Yan

vs Petr Yan

Split Decision

UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie

04/09/2022

Petr Yan

vs Petr Yan

Dq · Illegal Knee to Grounded Opponent

UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya

03/06/2021

Cory Sandhagen

vs Cory Sandhagen

Submission · Rear Naked Choke

UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer

06/06/2020

Pedro Munhoz

vs Pedro Munhoz

Decision

UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes

06/08/2019

Jimmie Rivera

vs Jimmie Rivera

Decision

UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez

02/17/2019

Cody Stamann

vs Cody Stamann

Submission · Suloev Stretch From Back Control

UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till

09/08/2018

Brett Johns

vs Brett Johns

Decision

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee

04/21/2018

Marlon Moraes

vs Marlon Moraes

Tko · Knee to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega

12/09/2017

Renan Barao

vs Renan Barao

Decision

UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2

07/29/2017

Augusto Mendes

vs Augusto Mendes

Decision

UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis

04/15/2017

Raphael Assuncao

vs Raphael Assuncao

Split Decision

UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena

01/28/2017

Bryan Caraway

vs Bryan Caraway

Split Decision

UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt

05/29/2016

Johnny Eduardo

vs Johnny Eduardo

Submission · Guillotine Choke On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant

12/10/2015

Takeya Mizugaki

vs Takeya Mizugaki

Submission · Arm Triangle From Bottom Guard

UFC on FOX: Machida vs Rockhold

04/18/2015

Hugo Viana

vs Hugo Viana

Tko · Punches to Head From Mount

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller

07/16/2014

Cody Gibson

vs Cody Gibson

Decision

UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann

02/22/2014