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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.

RECENT NEWS

3 items · scraped from MMA media + Reddit

Reddit6d ago· DavidSeries

Aljamain Sterling says he would not have taken a fight against Jean Silva on short notice on Noche UFC, saying he’d only take it if they moved it to another date. He also indirectly confirms he was offered Aaron Pico and denied.

  submitted by   /u/DavidSeries [link]   [comments]

Reddit1w ago· WinterStill4472

Aljamain Sterling left on sideline after turning down opponent outside the Top 10: “I think this is the first fight that I’ve ever turned down. I’m #4, I’m 37. I only got one shot left at this. If I’m gonna risk it, I’ll risk it for something that makes sense.”

  submitted by   /u/WinterStill4472 [link]   [comments]

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

BJ Penn1w ago· Fernando Quiles Jr.

Aljamain Sterling turns down UFC fight against opponent outside top 10 rankings: “It didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me”

Turned Down

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