Aljamain Sterling
23 UFC Fights | 78% Win Rate | 6 Finishes (33%)
Aljamain Sterling UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Aljamain Sterling is 18-5 in the UFC across 23 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 4 by submission and 11 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 26-5, 8-0 of it outside the UFC. Sterling competes at bantamweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 5'7" with a 71" reach at 37 years old. The last bout was a win over Youssef Zalal by unanimous decision in Apr 2026.
Best attribute: striking accuracy (share of significant strikes that land) — 89th percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (54%).
Aljamain Sterling's UFC win rate is 78% (18 of 23 fights), and 33% of those wins came by finish. Sterling averages 2.3 takedowns per fight at 34% accuracy and stops 52% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 26-5
- UFC Record
- 18-5
- Height
- 5'7"
- Reach
- 71"
- Age
- 37
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- W vs Youssef Zalal · Decision - Unanimous · Apr 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Aljamain Sterling's Last 5 Fights
Sterling is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Win vs Youssef Zalal · Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 2026
- Win vs Brian Ortega · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang · Aug 2025
- Loss vs Movsar Evloev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura · Dec 2024
- Win vs Calvin Kattar · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill · Apr 2024
- Loss vs Sean O'Malley · KO/TKO · R2 0:51 · UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley · Aug 2023
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Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Aljamain Sterling vs Average
Aljamain Sterling lands 16.9 strikes in R1 but 21.9 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Aljamain Sterling's UFC Fight History
23 UFC fights on record (18-5), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Youssef Zalal | Decision - Unanimous | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal | 2026-04-25 |
| W | Brian Ortega | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang | 2025-08-23 |
| L | Movsar Evloev | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura | 2024-12-07 |
| W | Calvin Kattar | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill | 2024-04-13 |
| L★ | Sean O'Malley | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:51 | UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley | 2023-08-19 |
| W★ | Henry Cejudo | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo | 2023-05-06 |
| W★ | TJ Dillashaw | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:44 | UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev | 2022-10-22 |
| W★ | Petr Yan | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie | 2022-04-09 |
| W★ | Petr Yan | DQ | R4 · 4:29 | UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya | 2021-03-06 |
| W | Cory Sandhagen | Submission | R1 · 1:28 | UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer | 2020-06-06 |
| W | Pedro Munhoz | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes | 2019-06-08 |
| W | Jimmie Rivera | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez | 2019-02-17 |
| W | Cody Stamann | Submission | R2 · 3:42 | UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till | 2018-09-08 |
| W | Brett Johns | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee | 2018-04-21 |
| L | Marlon Moraes | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:07 | UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega | 2017-12-09 |
| W | Renan Barao | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 | 2017-07-29 |
| W | Augusto Mendes | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis | 2017-04-15 |
| L | Raphael Assuncao | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena | 2017-01-28 |
| L | Bryan Caraway | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt | 2016-05-29 |
| W | Johnny Eduardo | Submission | R2 · 4:18 | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant | 2015-12-10 |
| W | Takeya Mizugaki | Submission | R3 · 2:11 | UFC on FOX: Machida vs Rockhold | 2015-04-18 |
| W | Hugo Viana | KO/TKO | R3 · 3:50 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller | 2014-07-16 |
| W | Cody Gibson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann | 2014-02-22 |
How Sterling Ranks at Bantamweight
Percentile among the 182 bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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