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Aljamain Sterling

Aljamain Sterling

UFC record 18-5 · Rating 1700 · Last fight Saturday, April 25, 2026 · 2-fight win streak

#2 in UFC featherweight (CageIQ rating)

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UFC stats

4.21
Sig. strikes landed / min
2.20
Sig. strikes absorbed / min
52%
Striking accuracy
59%
Striking defence
2.49
Takedowns / 15 min
48%
Takedown defence
0.63
Submission attempts / 15 min
26%
Finish rate

From 23 UFC fights. Rates with few fights are blended toward league averages. Finished 2 times by KO/TKO and 0 by submission.

Age 37Height 5'7"Reach 71"

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Recent UFC fights

OpponentMethodDate
W Youssef Zalal
UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal
Decision - Unanimous · R5 2026-04-25
W Brian Ortega
UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang
Decision - Unanimous · R5 2025-08-23
L Movsar Evloev
UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura
Decision - Unanimous · R3 2024-12-07
W Calvin Kattar
UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill
Decision - Unanimous · R3 2024-04-13
L Sean O'Malley
UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley
KO/TKO · R2 2023-08-19
W Henry Cejudo
UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo
Decision - Split · R5 2023-05-06
W TJ Dillashaw
UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev
KO/TKO · R2 2022-10-22
W Petr Yan
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie
Decision - Split · R5 2022-04-09
W Petr Yan
UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
DQ · R4 2021-03-06
W Cory Sandhagen
UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer
Submission · R1 2020-06-06