Aljamain Sterling UFC Stats & Fight History

Advanced Metric	Career
Fight Shape
Avg Fight Time	14:22
Fight Completion Rate (xR%)	79.7%
Expected Rounds (xR)	2.88
% Fights Inside the Distance	39.1%
Strength of Schedule
Opponent UFC Record (all, at fight time)	131-35 (78.9%)
Opponent UFC Record (among wins)	104-29 (78.2%)
Opponent UFC Record (among losses)	27-6 (81.8%)
Positional Profile
% Time at Distance (approx.)	49.9%
% Time in Control	33.1%
% Time Controlled	17.0%
Control Rate of Clinch/Ground Time	66.1%
Distance Striking
Distance Sig. Strikes Landed / Min	5.70
Distance Sig. Strikes Absorbed / Min	3.44
Distance Striking Differential / Min	+2.27
Distance Strike Accuracy	45.5%
Distance Strike Defense	63.0%
Power & Pressure
KDs per 100 Power Strikes Landed	0.00
Knocked Down per 100 Absorbed	1.01
TD Attempts per 5 Distance Min	5.27
TDs Faced per 5 Distance Min	1.49
Sub Attempts per 15 Control Min	1.92
Fade Index (R3 pace / R1 pace)	1.23

Career Stats

Statistic	Aljamain Sterling
Striking
Sig. Strike Accuracy	52.6%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	4.3
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	2.1
Strike Differential	2.1/min
Grappling
Takedown Accuracy	32.2%
Takedown Defense	44.9%
Takedowns Landed/15min	2.5
Submission Attempts/15min	0.6
Control Time/15min	4:58
Finishing Ability
KO/TKO % of Wins	11.1%
Submission % of Wins	22.2%
Decision % of Wins	66.7%
Avg Fight Time	14:22
Secondary Stats
Knockdowns/15min	0.0
Reversals/15min	0.2

Last 5 Averages

Statistic	Last 5 Fights
Sig. Strike Accuracy	53.1%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	2.8
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	1.5
Takedown Accuracy	57.5%
Takedown Defense	42.9%
Control Time/Fight	7:03

Fight History

WIN

vs. Youssef Zalal

UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal • Apr 2026

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 5, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling46/8952%TD 6/11Ctrl 13:49

Youssef Zalal35/6554%TD 0/0Ctrl 3:59

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	8/24	33%	1/2	2:19	—
	Youssef Zalal	4/16	25%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	15/29	52%	1/3	2:25	—
	Youssef Zalal	15/23	65%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	2/3	67%	2/2	0:47	—
	Youssef Zalal	3/4	75%	0/0	3:48	—

R4	Aljamain Sterling	16/22	73%	1/2	4:16	—
	Youssef Zalal	3/4	75%	0/0	0:11	—

R5	Aljamain Sterling	5/11	45%	1/2	4:02	—
	Youssef Zalal	10/18	56%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Brian Ortega

UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang • Aug 2025

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 5, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling124/22755%TD 3/6Ctrl 3:55

Brian Ortega55/17432%TD 0/2Ctrl 0:08

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	27/44	61%	0/0	0:00	—
	Brian Ortega	2/28	7%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	13/54	24%	0/0	0:00	—
	Brian Ortega	9/40	22%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	35/52	67%	0/1	0:00	—
	Brian Ortega	21/42	50%	0/1	0:00	—

R4	Aljamain Sterling	25/39	64%	1/1	1:36	—
	Brian Ortega	13/37	35%	0/0	0:02	—

R5	Aljamain Sterling	24/38	63%	2/4	2:19	—
	Brian Ortega	10/27	37%	0/1	0:06	—

LOSS

vs. Movsar Evloev

UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura • Dec 2024

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling12/2646%TD 6/8Ctrl 6:16

Movsar Evloev8/2631%TD 4/5Ctrl 6:09

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	3/11	27%	2/2	2:49	—
	Movsar Evloev	1/6	17%	1/1	0:55	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	5/8	62%	1/3	0:48	—
	Movsar Evloev	3/9	33%	2/2	3:25	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	4/7	57%	3/3	2:39	—
	Movsar Evloev	4/11	36%	1/2	1:49	—

WIN

vs. Calvin Kattar

UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill • Apr 2024

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling39/7155%TD 8/13Ctrl 10:43

Calvin Kattar8/2928%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:05

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	15/33	45%	4/7	1:51	—
	Calvin Kattar	6/23	26%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	14/20	70%	2/3	4:10	—
	Calvin Kattar	2/5	40%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	10/18	56%	2/3	4:42	—
	Calvin Kattar	0/1	0%	0/0	0:05	—

LOSS

vs. Sean O'Malley

UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley • Aug 2023

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 0:51

Aljamain Sterling17/3549%TD 0/2Ctrl 0:34

Sean O'Malley25/3571%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:18

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	13/26	50%	0/1	0:21	—
	Sean O'Malley	8/14	57%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	4/9	44%	0/1	0:13	—
	Sean O'Malley	17/21	81%	0/0	0:18	1

WIN

vs. Henry Cejudo

UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo • May 2023

Decision (Split) • Rd 5, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling135/21064%TD 4/15Ctrl 4:00

Henry Cejudo99/17457%TD 3/8Ctrl 5:06

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	20/34	59%	2/3	1:37	—
	Henry Cejudo	7/18	39%	1/1	1:47	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	29/55	53%	0/2	0:00	—
	Henry Cejudo	31/53	58%	0/2	0:02	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	26/29	90%	1/6	1:30	—
	Henry Cejudo	15/29	52%	1/1	1:43	—

R4	Aljamain Sterling	36/52	69%	1/3	0:38	—
	Henry Cejudo	19/33	58%	0/2	0:46	—

R5	Aljamain Sterling	24/40	60%	0/1	0:15	—
	Henry Cejudo	27/41	66%	1/2	0:48	—

WIN

vs. TJ Dillashaw

UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev • Oct 2022

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 3:44

Aljamain Sterling72/9377%TD 5/8Ctrl 7:06

TJ Dillashaw8/2631%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:03

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	30/45	67%	3/4	4:20	—
	TJ Dillashaw	3/11	27%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	42/48	88%	2/4	2:46	—
	TJ Dillashaw	5/15	33%	0/0	0:03	—

WIN

vs. Petr Yan

UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie • Apr 2022

Decision (Split) • Rd 5, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling62/11056%TD 2/22Ctrl 8:31

Petr Yan63/10361%TD 0/0Ctrl 5:52

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	19/40	48%	0/2	0:00	—
	Petr Yan	13/26	50%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	17/29	59%	1/2	3:50	—
	Petr Yan	4/5	80%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	6/13	46%	1/4	3:43	—
	Petr Yan	8/15	53%	0/0	0:07	—

R4	Aljamain Sterling	8/10	80%	0/4	0:00	—
	Petr Yan	18/25	72%	0/0	3:51	—

R5	Aljamain Sterling	12/18	67%	0/10	0:58	—
	Petr Yan	20/32	62%	0/0	1:54	—

WIN

vs. Petr Yan

UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya • Mar 2021

DQ • Rd 4, 4:29

Aljamain Sterling97/23042%TD 1/17Ctrl 3:25

Petr Yan86/13763%TD 7/7Ctrl 4:12

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	27/74	36%	1/3	0:27	—
	Petr Yan	14/21	67%	2/2	1:17	1

R2	Aljamain Sterling	17/36	47%	0/5	2:16	—
	Petr Yan	10/16	62%	1/1	1:25	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	29/58	50%	0/5	0:34	—
	Petr Yan	30/53	57%	3/3	0:49	—

R4	Aljamain Sterling	24/62	39%	0/4	0:08	—
	Petr Yan	32/47	68%	1/1	0:41	—

WIN

vs. Cory Sandhagen

UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer • Jun 2020

Submission (Rear Naked Choke) • Rd 1, 1:28

Aljamain Sterling2/367%TD 0/1Ctrl 1:13

Cory Sandhagen1/250%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	2/3	67%	0/1	1:13	—
	Cory Sandhagen	1/2	50%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Pedro Munhoz

UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes • Jun 2019

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling174/34950%TD 0/7Ctrl 0:00

Pedro Munhoz105/26540%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:05

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	48/103	47%	0/3	0:00	—
	Pedro Munhoz	27/86	31%	0/0	0:03	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	62/109	57%	0/2	0:00	—
	Pedro Munhoz	41/91	45%	0/0	0:02	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	64/137	47%	0/2	0:00	—
	Pedro Munhoz	37/88	42%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Jimmie Rivera

UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez • Feb 2019

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling101/17657%TD 0/7Ctrl 2:44

Jimmie Rivera24/8429%TD 0/0Ctrl 2:49

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	21/30	70%	0/3	2:08	—
	Jimmie Rivera	7/12	58%	0/0	1:27	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	48/80	60%	0/2	0:36	—
	Jimmie Rivera	9/26	35%	0/0	0:49	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	32/66	48%	0/2	0:00	—
	Jimmie Rivera	8/46	17%	0/0	0:33	—

WIN

vs. Cody Stamann

UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till • Sep 2018

Submission (Suloev Stretch) • Rd 2, 3:42

Aljamain Sterling33/7445%TD 2/9Ctrl 2:52

Cody Stamann12/4328%TD 3/3Ctrl 2:35

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	12/37	32%	0/5	0:49	—
	Cody Stamann	6/30	20%	2/2	1:52	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	21/37	57%	2/4	2:03	—
	Cody Stamann	6/13	46%	1/1	0:43	—

WIN

vs. Brett Johns

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee • Apr 2018

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling89/15259%TD 3/9Ctrl 1:21

Brett Johns27/8930%TD 1/5Ctrl 6:30

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	18/39	46%	0/1	0:23	—
	Brett Johns	6/34	18%	1/2	1:35	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	44/72	61%	1/3	0:58	—
	Brett Johns	15/39	38%	0/1	1:31	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	27/41	66%	2/5	0:00	—
	Brett Johns	6/16	38%	0/2	3:24	—

LOSS

vs. Marlon Moraes

UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega • Dec 2017

KO/TKO (Knee) • Rd 1, 1:07

Aljamain Sterling3/1030%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Marlon Moraes7/1450%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:13

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	3/10	30%	0/0	0:00	—
	Marlon Moraes	7/14	50%	0/0	0:13	2

WIN

vs. Renan Barao

UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 • Jul 2017

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling71/12159%TD 1/1Ctrl 5:40

Renan Barao19/8522%TD 2/3Ctrl 4:33

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	11/17	65%	0/0	0:00	—
	Renan Barao	10/30	33%	1/1	3:46	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	36/54	67%	1/1	3:50	—
	Renan Barao	4/17	24%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	24/50	48%	0/0	1:50	—
	Renan Barao	5/38	13%	1/2	0:47	—

WIN

vs. Augusto Mendes

UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis • Apr 2017

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling83/16152%TD 2/6Ctrl 6:00

Augusto Mendes30/9133%TD 0/3Ctrl 3:13

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	23/46	50%	1/1	3:24	—
	Augusto Mendes	9/20	45%	0/0	0:11	1

R2	Aljamain Sterling	23/46	50%	1/2	1:27	—
	Augusto Mendes	12/30	40%	0/3	1:35	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	37/69	54%	0/3	1:09	—
	Augusto Mendes	9/41	22%	0/0	1:27	—

LOSS

vs. Raphael Assuncao

UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena • Jan 2017

Decision (Split) • Rd 3, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling52/17230%TD 0/3Ctrl 0:02

Raphael Assuncao39/10139%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	21/46	46%	0/0	0:02	—
	Raphael Assuncao	16/26	62%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	13/51	25%	0/1	0:00	—
	Raphael Assuncao	11/34	32%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	18/75	24%	0/2	0:00	—
	Raphael Assuncao	12/41	29%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Bryan Caraway

UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt • May 2016

Decision (Split) • Rd 3, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling32/6450%TD 1/3Ctrl 3:51

Bryan Caraway9/3129%TD 3/6Ctrl 6:34

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	7/20	35%	1/2	3:40	—
	Bryan Caraway	1/4	25%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	19/34	56%	0/1	0:11	—
	Bryan Caraway	6/18	33%	1/2	2:42	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	6/10	60%	0/0	0:00	—
	Bryan Caraway	2/9	22%	2/4	3:52	—

WIN

vs. Johnny Eduardo

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant • Dec 2015

Submission (Guillotine Choke) • Rd 2, 4:18

Aljamain Sterling23/6138%TD 2/2Ctrl 3:28

Johnny Eduardo4/2417%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:01

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	3/20	15%	1/1	2:17	—
	Johnny Eduardo	2/5	40%	0/0	0:01	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	20/41	49%	1/1	1:11	—
	Johnny Eduardo	2/19	11%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Takeya Mizugaki

UFC on FOX: Machida vs Rockhold • Apr 2015

Submission (Arm Triangle) • Rd 3, 2:11

Aljamain Sterling32/5459%TD 3/15Ctrl 7:35

Takeya Mizugaki13/4231%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:31

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	23/30	77%	0/6	3:09	—
	Takeya Mizugaki	7/21	33%	0/1	0:14	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	7/17	41%	2/7	3:14	—
	Takeya Mizugaki	3/14	21%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	2/7	29%	1/2	1:12	—
	Takeya Mizugaki	3/7	43%	0/0	0:17	—

WIN

vs. Hugo Viana

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller • Jul 2014

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 3, 3:50

Aljamain Sterling62/9863%TD 4/4Ctrl 8:34

Hugo Viana15/4633%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	16/33	48%	1/1	1:58	—
	Hugo Viana	10/29	34%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	18/26	69%	2/2	3:07	—
	Hugo Viana	5/15	33%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	28/39	72%	1/1	3:29	—
	Hugo Viana	0/2	0%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Cody Gibson

UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann • Feb 2014

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Aljamain Sterling46/8952%TD 3/5Ctrl 7:54

Cody Gibson18/5334%TD 4/6Ctrl 3:10

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Aljamain Sterling	19/41	46%	1/2	2:41	—
	Cody Gibson	8/24	33%	1/3	0:34	—

R2	Aljamain Sterling	16/28	57%	1/1	0:56	—
	Cody Gibson	8/22	36%	3/3	2:35	—

R3	Aljamain Sterling	11/20	55%	1/2	4:17	—
	Cody Gibson	2/7	29%	0/0	0:01	—

Aljamain Sterling

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Fight History