Aljamain Sterling
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Featherweight #2grappler

Aljamain Sterling

Record
18-5
Rating
2200 ± 141
Since last event
–
Next fight · 21 Nov
vs Kevin Vallejos 43%
Age
37
Current streak
2 wins
Wins by
2 KO · 4 sub · 11 dec
Next fight
vs Kevin Vallejos
UFC Fight Night: Procházka vs. Stirling · 2026-11-21

Key facts

Record
18-5
Division
Featherweight
Our rank
#2
Rating
2200 ± 141
Style label
grappler
Country
U.S.
Height
67"
Reach
71"
Stance
Orthodox
Date of birth
1989-07-31

Rating history

Style profile

Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
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The numbers behind it

Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ± means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
MetricAljamain SterlingDivision
Strikes landed
/15 min		49.4 ± 2.5
13th percentile		50.3
Strike avoidance
absorbed /15 min		47.6 ± 16.8
98th percentile		60.6
Takedown attempts
/15 min		6.58 ± 2.46
95th percentile		4.70
Takedown defence
%		58 ± 6
58th percentile		56
Control time
s /15 min		283 ± 112
98th percentile		197
Striking defence
%		54 ± 2
83rd percentile		53
Knockdowns
/15 min		0.62 ± 0.04
18th percentile		0.65
Submission attempts
/15 min		0.46 ± 0.14
38th percentile		0.53

Style-based strength score

Average predicted win probability against the current top 15 of this division: 49.2%. This never changes the ranking — it shows where the styles help or hurt.

Best matchups

Worst matchups

UFC fight history

W Youssef Zalal
UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · 2026-04-25
 Decision - Unanimous R5
W Brian Ortega
UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang · 2025-08-23
 Decision - Unanimous R5
L Movsar Evloev
UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura · 2024-12-07
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Calvin Kattar
UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill · 2024-04-13
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Sean O'Malley
UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley · 2023-08-19
 KO/TKO R2
W Henry Cejudo
UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo · 2023-05-06
 Decision - Split R5
W TJ Dillashaw
UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev · 2022-10-22
 KO/TKO R2
W Petr Yan
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie · 2022-04-09
 Decision - Split R5
W Petr Yan
UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · 2021-03-06
 DQ R4
W Cory Sandhagen
UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer · 2020-06-06
 Submission R1
W Pedro Munhoz
UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes · 2019-06-08
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Jimmie Rivera
UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez · 2019-02-17
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Cody Stamann
UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till · 2018-09-08
 Submission R2
W Brett Johns
UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee · 2018-04-21
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Marlon Moraes
UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega · 2017-12-09
 KO/TKO R1
W Renan Barao
UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 · 2017-07-29
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Augusto Mendes
UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis · 2017-04-15
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Raphael Assuncao
UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena · 2017-01-28
Decision check: dispute 0.56, decision credit 0.42 (official result unchanged)
 Decision - Split R3
L Bryan Caraway
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt · 2016-05-29
Decision check: dispute 0.52, decision credit 0.39 (official result unchanged)
 Decision - Split R3
W Johnny Eduardo
UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant · 2015-12-10
 Submission R2
W Takeya Mizugaki
UFC on FOX: Machida vs Rockhold · 2015-04-18
 Submission R3
W Hugo Viana
UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller · 2014-07-16
 KO/TKO R3
W Cody Gibson
UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann · 2014-02-22
 Decision - Unanimous R3