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ELO RATING

Aljamain Sterling

"Funk Master"

MMA Record: 24-5-0
UFC Record: 16-5-0
Featherweight
Weight Class

Upcoming Fight

Event
UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang
Date
2025-08-23
Opponent
Brian Ortega
1110
Weight Class
Featherweight

Physical & Background Stats

Height
5' 7'
Weight
Featherweight
Reach
71'
Stance
Orthodox
Date of Birth
Jul 31 1989
Age
35
Peak ELO
1186
ELO Rank
31 of 2600
Strength of Schedule
420-142-4
Combined record of UFC opponents
Avg ELO of Opponents
1059.0
Avg ELO of Defeated Opponents
1055.1

Performance Statistics

SLpM
4.41
Significant Strikes Landed per Minute
Str. Acc.
52%
Significant Striking Accuracy
SApM
2.21
Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute
Str. Def.
58%
Significant Strike Defence
TD Avg.
2.51
Average Takedowns per 15 minutes
TD Acc.
29%
Takedown Accuracy
Sub. Avg.
0.7
Average Submissions per 15 minutes

Fight History

Date Event Opponent Method Round Time Result
2024-12-07 UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura Movsar Evloev U-DEC 3 5:00 Loss
2024-04-13 UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill Calvin Kattar U-DEC 3 5:00 Win
2023-08-19 UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley Sean O'Malley KO/TKO Punches 2 0:51 Loss
2023-05-06 UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo Henry Cejudo S-DEC 5 5:00 Win
2022-10-22 UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev TJ Dillashaw KO/TKO Punches 2 3:44 Win
2022-04-09 UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie Petr Yan S-DEC 5 5:00 Win
2021-03-06 UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya Petr Yan DQ 4 4:29 Win
2020-06-06 UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer Cory Sandhagen SUB Rear Naked Choke 1 1:28 Win
2019-06-08 UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes Pedro Munhoz U-DEC 3 5:00 Win
2019-02-17 UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez Jimmie Rivera U-DEC 3 5:00 Win
2018-09-08 UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till Cody Stamann SUB Suloev Stretch 2 3:42 Win
2018-04-21 UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee Brett Johns U-DEC 3 5:00 Win
2017-12-09 UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega Marlon Moraes KO/TKO Knee 1 1:07 Loss
2017-07-29 UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 Renan Barao U-DEC 3 5:00 Win
2017-04-15 UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis Augusto Mendes U-DEC 3 5:00 Win
2017-01-28 UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena Raphael Assuncao S-DEC 3 5:00 Loss
2016-05-29 UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt Bryan Caraway S-DEC 3 5:00 Loss
2015-12-10 UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant Johnny Eduardo SUB Guillotine Choke 2 4:18 Win
2015-04-18 UFC on FOX: Machida vs Rockhold Takeya Mizugaki SUB Arm Triangle 3 2:11 Win
2014-07-16 UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller Hugo Viana KO/TKO Punches 3 3:50 Win
2014-02-22 UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann Cody Gibson U-DEC 3 5:00 Win

Aljamain Sterling ELO Calculation

Fight # Date Opponent Name Opponent ELO Result ELO Gained ELO
21 2024-12-07 Movsar Evloev 1109 Loss -19 1160
20 2024-04-13 Calvin Kattar 1082 Win +12 1179
19 2023-08-19 Sean O'Malley 1113 Loss -19 1167
18 2023-05-06 Henry Cejudo 1141 Win 0 1186
17 2022-10-22 TJ Dillashaw 1181 Win +22 1186
16 2022-04-09 Petr Yan 1148 Win 0 1164
15 2021-03-06 Petr Yan 1133 Win 0 1164
14 2020-06-06 Cory Sandhagen 1080 Win +18 1164
13 2019-06-08 Pedro Munhoz 1140 Win +16 1146
12 2019-02-17 Jimmie Rivera 1074 Win +14 1130
11 2018-09-08 Cody Stamann 1016 Win +17 1116
10 2018-04-21 Brett Johns 1052 Win +15 1099
9 2017-12-09 Marlon Moraes 1000 Loss -21 1084
8 2017-07-29 Renan Barao 1101 Win +17 1105
7 2017-04-15 Augusto Mendes 986 Win +12 1088
6 2017-01-28 Raphael Assuncao 1075 Loss 0 1076
5 2016-05-29 Bryan Caraway 1079 Loss 0 1076
4 2015-12-10 Johnny Eduardo 1019 Win +19 1076
3 2015-04-18 Takeya Mizugaki 1021 Win +20 1057
2 2014-07-16 Hugo Viana 1022 Win +21 1037
1 2014-02-22 Cody Gibson 1000 Win +16 1016

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