Aljamain Sterling
“Funk Master”
- 26-5-0
- (Win - Loss - Draw)
- Country
United States- Weight Class
- Featherweight
- Birth Date
- 1989-07-31
- Age
- 38
- Height
- 170.2 cm
- Weight
- 65.8 kg
“Funk Master”
Aljamain Sterling (Funk Master) is a Featherweight fighter from United States. ranked #4 in UFC featherweight, a record of 26-5 and 31 fights.
| Opponent | Method | |
|---|---|---|
| W | Youssef Zalal | Decision |
| W | Brian Ortega | Decision |
| L | Movsar Evloev | Decision |
| W | Calvin Kattar | Decision |
| L | Sean O'Malley | Technical Knockout |
| Title Fights | 10 |
| Main Events | 4 |
| 1R Finishes | 3 |
| Current Win Streak | 2 |
| Max Win Streak | 12 |
| Max Loss Streak | 2 |
| Debut | 2011.04.22 |
| Last Fight | 2026.04.26 |
| Avg. Fight Time | 13:28 |
| Career Duration | 15y 0m |
| Method | Count | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO/TKO | 3 | 11.5% | |
| └ Punch | 3 | 100.0% | |
| Submission | 8 | 30.8% | |
| └ Rear Naked Choke | 5 | 62.5% | |
| └ Kneebar | 1 | 12.5% | |
| └ Guillotine choke | 1 | 12.5% | |
| └ Arm Triangle Choke | 1 | 12.5% | |
| Decision | 14 | 53.8% | |
| └ unanimous decision | 11 | 78.6% | |
| └ Split | 3 | 21.4% | |
| Other | 1 | 3.8% |
| Method | Count | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO/TKO | 2 | 40.0% | |
| └ Punch | 1 | 50.0% | |
| └ Your kick | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Decision | 3 | 60.0% | |
| └ unanimous decision | 1 | 33.3% | |
| └ Split | 2 | 66.7% |
| Promotion | W | L | D | NC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UFC | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Cage Fury Fighting Championships | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ring of Combat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Extreme Fight Club | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Urban Conflict Championships | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Weight Class | W | L | D | NC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bantamweight | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Bantamweight | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Featherweight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| featherweight | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 153lb Catchweight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 140lb Catchweight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
#31
25-5-0
2026.04.26
18-5-1
Decision(unanimous decision)
5Round 5:00
#30
24-5-0
2025.08.23
16-4-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
5Round 5:00
#29
24-4-0
2024.12.08
18-0-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#28
23-4-0
2024.04.14
23-7-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#27
23-3-0
2023.08.20
16-1-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
2Round 0:51
#26
22-3-0
2023.05.07
16-2-0
Decision(Split)
5Round 5:00
#25
21-3-0
2022.10.22
20-4-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
2Round 3:44
#24
20-3-0
2022.04.10
16-2-0
Decision(Split)
5Round 5:00
#23
19-3-0
2021.03.07
15-1-0
Disqualification(Knee (foul))
4Round 4:29
#22
18-3-0
2020.06.07
12-1-0
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
1Round 1:28
#21
17-3-0
2019.06.09
18-3-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#20
16-3-0
2019.02.18
22-3-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#19
15-3-0
2018.09.08
17-1-0
Submission(Kneebar)
2Round 3:42
#18
14-3-0
2018.04.22
15-0-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#17
14-2-0
2017.12.09
19-5-1
Knockout(Your kick)
1Round 1:07
#16
13-2-0
2017.07.30
34-4-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#15
12-2-0
2017.04.16
6-1-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#14
12-1-0
2017.01.29
23-5-0
Decision(Split)
3Round 5:00
#13
12-0-0
22-8-0
Decision(Split)
3Round 5:00
#12
11-0-0
27-9-0
Submission(Guillotine choke)
2Round 4:18
#11
10-0-0
2015.04.18
20-8-2
Submission(Arm Triangle Choke)
3Round 2:11
#10
9-0-0
2014.07.16
8-1-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
3Round 3:50
#9
8-0-0
2014.02.22
11-3-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#8
7-0-0
2013.11.02
8-4-0
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
1Round 1:49
#7
6-0-0
2012.08.24
8-2-0
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
2Round 4:05
#6
5-0-0
2012.04.14
4-1-0
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
3Round 2:11
#5
4-0-0
2011.10.22
8-2-1
Decision(unanimous decision)
5Round 5:00
#4
3-0-0
2011.07.23
2-1-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
1Round 4:58
#3
2-0-0
2011.06.17
4-1-0
Decision(Split)
3Round 5:00
#2
1-0-0
2011.05.21
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
1Round 4:01
#1
0-0-0
2011.04.22
0-1-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
| Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round / Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WIN 25-5-0 | Youssef Zalal 18-5-1 | UFC Fight Night 274 - Sterling vs Zalal 2026.04.26 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 5Round5:00 |
WIN 24-5-0 | Brian Ortega 16-4-0 | UFC Fight Night 257 - Walker vs Zhang 2025.08.23 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 5Round5:00 |
LOSS 24-4-0 | Movsar Evloev 18-0-0 | UFC 310 - Pantoja vs Asakura 2024.12.08 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 23-4-0 | Calvin Kattar 23-7-0 | UFC 300 - Pereira vs Hill 2024.04.14 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
LOSS 23-3-0 | Sean O'Malley 16-1-0 | UFC 292 - Sterling vs O'Malley 2023.08.20 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 2Round0:51 |
WIN 22-3-0 | Henry Cejudo 16-2-0 | UFC 288 - Sterling vs Cejudo 2023.05.07 | Decision(Split) | 5Round5:00 |
WIN 21-3-0 | T.J. Dillashaw 20-4-0 | UFC 280 - Oliveira vs Makhachev 2022.10.22 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 2Round3:44 |
WIN 20-3-0 | Petr Yan 16-2-0 | UFC 273 - Volkanovski vs Korean Zombie 2022.04.10 | Decision(Split) | 5Round5:00 |
WIN 19-3-0 | Petr Yan 15-1-0 | UFC 259 - Blachowicz vs Adesanya 2021.03.07 | Disqualification(Knee (foul)) | 4Round4:29 |
WIN 18-3-0 | Cory Sandhagen 12-1-0 | UFC 250 - Nunes vs Spencer 2020.06.07 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 1Round1:28 |
WIN 17-3-0 | Pedro Munhoz 18-3-0 | UFC 238 - Cejudo vs Moraes 2019.06.09 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 16-3-0 | Jimmie Rivera 22-3-0 | UFC on ESPN 1 - Ngannou vs Velasquez 2019.02.18 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 15-3-0 | Cody Stamann 17-1-0 | UFC 228 - Woodley vs Till 2018.09.08 | Submission(Kneebar) | 2Round3:42 |
WIN 14-3-0 | Brett Johns 15-0-0 | UFC Fight Night 128 - Barboza vs Lee 2018.04.22 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
LOSS 14-2-0 | Marlon Moraes 19-5-1 | UFC Fight Night 123 - Swanson vs Ortega 2017.12.09 | Knockout(Your kick) | 1Round1:07 |
WIN 13-2-0 | Renan Barao 34-4-0 | UFC 214 - Cormier vs Jones 2 2017.07.30 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 12-2-0 | Augusto Mendes 6-1-0 | UFC on Fox 24 - Johnson vs Reis 2017.04.16 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
LOSS 12-1-0 | Raphael Assuncao 23-5-0 | UFC on Fox 23 - Shevchenko vs Pena 2017.01.29 | Decision(Split) | 3Round5:00 |
LOSS 12-0-0 | Bryan Caraway 22-8-0 | UFC Fight Night 88 - Almeida vs Garbrandt 2016.05.30 | Decision(Split) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 11-0-0 | Johnny Eduardo 27-9-0 | UFC Fight Night 80 - Namajunas vs VanZant 2015.12.10 | Submission(Guillotine choke) | 2Round4:18 |
WIN 10-0-0 | Takeya Mizugaki 20-8-2 | UFC on Fox 15 - Machida vs Rockhold 2015.04.18 | Submission(Arm Triangle Choke) | 3Round2:11 |
WIN 9-0-0 | Hugo Viana 8-1-0 | UFC Fight Night 45 - Cerrone vs Miller 2014.07.16 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 3Round3:50 |
WIN 8-0-0 | Cody Gibson 11-3-0 | UFC 170 - Rousey vs McMann 2014.02.22 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 7-0-0 | Joel Roberts 8-4-0 | CFFC 30 - Sterling vs Roberts 2013.11.02 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 1Round1:49 |
WIN 6-0-0 | Sidemar Honorio 8-2-0 | CFFC 16 - Williams vs Jacoby 2012.08.24 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 2Round4:05 |
WIN 5-0-0 | Casey Johnson 4-1-0 | CFFC 14 - No Mercy 2012.04.14 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 3Round2:11 |
WIN 4-0-0 | Sean Santella 8-2-1 | CFFC 11 - Danger Zone! 2011.10.22 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 5Round5:00 |
WIN 3-0-0 | Evan Chmielski 2-1-0 | CFFC 10 - Black Eye 2011.07.23 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 1Round4:58 |
WIN 2-0-0 | Claudio Ledesma 4-1-0 | ROC 36 - Ring of Combat 36 2011.06.17 | Decision(Split) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 1-0-0 | EFC - Bragging Rights 2 2011.05.21 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 1Round4:01 | |
WIN 0-0-0 | Sergio da Silva 0-1-0 | UCC 4 - Supremacy 2011.04.22 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
#3
2010.07.17
Decision(unanimous decision)
5Round 3:00
#2
2010.06.19
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
2Round 1:34
#1
2010.05.08
Decision(Split)
3Round 3:00
| Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round / Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WIN | RW 8 - Cage Supremacy 2010.07.17 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 5Round3:00 | |
WIN | CZ 33 - Massacre in the Meadow 2010.06.19 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 2Round1:34 | |
LOSS | RW 7 - Mayhem in the Mist 3 2010.05.08 | Decision(Split) | 3Round3:00 |
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