1
CAREER INTELLIGENCE PROFILE
Aljamain Sterling
fighterUSA
CAREER LINEAGE
High School / Academy → College → Pro / Club
2
TROPHY CASE
Tournaments, Championships & Awards Won
2022 Comeback of the Year
2022 · Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗2022 Second Team MMA All-Star
2022 · Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗2020 "Submission of the Year" vs. Cory Sandhagen, tied with Khabib Nurmagomedov and A.J. McKee
2020 · Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗2020 June Submission of the Month vs. Cory Sandhagen
2020 · Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗2020: Half-Year Awards: Best Submission of the 1HY & Ranked #3 Submission of the Year
2020 · Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗2018 Submission of the Year vs. Cody Stamann
2018 · Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗2018: Ranked #3 Submission of the Year
2018 · Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗2015: Ranked #10 Submission of the Year
2015 · Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗CFFC Bantamweight Championship (One time)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Cage Fury Fighting Championships
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Cageside Press
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗First UFC champion to win a title by disqualification
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Fourth highest striking differential in UFC Bantamweight division history (2.25)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Fourth longest top-position time in UFC Bantamweight division history (46:36)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Holds wins over four former UFC champions —
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗MMA Fighting
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗MMAJunkie.com
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Performance of the Night (One time)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗ROC Bantamweight Championship (One time)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Result · Rec. · Opponent · Method · text-center| Event · Date · Location
SOURCE ↗Ring of Combat
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Second longest win streak in UFC Bantamweight division history (9)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Second most control time in UFC Bantamweight division history (1:09:10)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Sixth most total fight time in UFC Bantamweight division history (3:55:40)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Third most submission attempts in UFC Bantamweight division history (13)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Third most total strikes landed in UFC Bantamweight division history (1670)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Three successful title defenses
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Tied (Dominick Cruz & Marlon Vera) for most wins in UFC/WEC Bantamweight division history (14)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Tied (Dominick Cruz, Renan Barão & Merab Dvalishvili) for second most title fight wins in UFC Bantamweight division history (4)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Tied (Kyung Ho Kang, Mario Bautista & Marlon Vera) for third most submissions in UFC Bantamweight division history (4)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Tied (Marlon Vera) for most wins in UFC Bantamweight division history (14)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Tied (Merab Dvalishvili) for the most consecutive title defenses in UFC Bantamweight division history (3)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Tied (Petr Yan) for seventh most takedowns landed in UFC Bantamweight division history (32)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Tied (Raphael Assunção) for fourth most bouts in UFC Bantamweight division history (18)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Tied (Takeya Mizugaki) for third most decision wins in UFC Bantamweight division history (7)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗UFC Bantamweight Championship (One time)
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗UFC.com Awards
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗Ultimate Fighting Championship
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗World MMA Awards
Mixed martial arts
SOURCE ↗draws= · nc= · ko-wins= 3 · sub-wins= 8 · dec-wins= 14 · other-wins= · ko-losses= 2 · sub-losses= · dec-losses= 3 · dq-wins= 1 · dq-losses= · other-losses=
SOURCE ↗BRAIN STORAGE
HQ Knowledge Status
This profile is written into HQ’s player-profile knowledge store. Stored database facts are marked verified. External reference facts retain their source URL and are not promoted to verified unless HQ already has matching structured data.