Aljamain Sterling
“Funk Master”
Aljamain Sterling is ranked 4th of 491 featherweights by the First Light Rating, and 4th in the UFC’s own featherweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0734th of 491 · Featherweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.30Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.06 in 13 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,080, 6 May 2023
- Record
- 26–5Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2026 | Won vs Youssef ZalalUFC Fight Night 274 - Sterling vs. Zalal · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +6 |
| 23 Aug 2025 | Won vs Brian OrtegaUFC Fight Night 257 - Walker vs. Zhang · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +11 |
| 7 Dec 2024 | Lost to Movsar EvloevUFC 310 - Pantoja vs. Asakura · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −18 |
| 13 Apr 2024 | Won vs Calvin KattarUFC 300 - Pereira vs. Hill · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +13 |
| 19 Aug 2023 | Lost to Sean O'Malley TitleUFC 292 - Sterling vs. O'Malley · TKO (Punches), R2 | −14 |
| 6 May 2023 | Won vs Henry Cejudo TitleUFC 288 - Sterling vs. Cejudo · Decision (Split), R5 | +8 |
| 22 Oct 2022 | Won vs T.J. Dillashaw TitleUFC 280 - Oliveira vs. Makhachev · TKO (Punches), R2 | +29 |
| 9 Apr 2022 | Won vs Petr Yan TitleUFC 273 - Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie · Decision (Split), R5 | +9 |
| 6 Mar 2021 | Won vs Petr Yan TitleUFC 259 - Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · Disqualification (Illegal Knee), R4 | +5 |
| 6 Jun 2020 | Won vs Cory SandhagenUFC 250 - Nunes vs. Spencer · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +21 |
| 8 Jun 2019 | Won vs Pedro MunhozUFC 238 - Cejudo vs. Moraes · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +27 |
| 17 Feb 2019 | Won vs Jimmie RiveraUFC on ESPN 1 - Ngannou vs. Velasquez · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +31 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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