Aljamain Sterling
American mixed martial artist
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| December 7 2024 | Fought Movsar Evloev at UFC 310, rescheduled from the previous October bout. Sterling lost the fight by unanimous decision. |
| October 5 2024 | Originally scheduled to fight Movsar Evloev at UFC 307, Sterling withdrew from the fight due to an injury sustained during sparring. |
| July 25 2024 | Competed at Karate Combat's Pit Submission Series 7, defeating Jay Jay Wilson by points in the overtime round. |
| April 13 2024 | Sterling moved up to featherweight and defeated Calvin Kattar by unanimous decision at UFC 300. After the win, he revealed on The MMA Hour that he would have considered retiring if he had lost the fight. |
| January 19 2024 | Won the main event at ADXC 2 against Chase Hooper by split decision. |
| December 30 2023 | Faced Kevin Dantzler in the main event of Fury Pro Grappling 8, ultimately losing by decision in a controversial match where Sterling criticized the scoring. |
| September 30 2023 | Competed in a Polaris 25 superfight against Mike Grundy (replacing original opponent Nathaniel Wood), winning by decision. |
| August 19 2023 | Sterling lost his UFC Bantamweight Championship to Sean O'Malley at UFC 292, being defeated by second-round technical knockout. |
| May 6 2023 | Sterling retained his UFC Bantamweight Championship against Henry Cejudo at UFC 288, winning via split decision with 21 of 23 MMA media outlets scoring the bout in his favor. |
| 2022 | Won World MMA Awards Comeback of the Year |
| 2022 | UFC.com ranked him #7 Fighter of the Year and #7 Upset of the Year for his fight against Petr Yan |
| October 22 2022 | Sterling successfully defended his UFC Bantamweight Championship against T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 280, winning via TKO in the second round after Dillashaw suffered a shoulder dislocation in the first round. |
| August 13 2022 | Defeated Damien Nitkin at High Rollerz 18 submission grappling competition. |
| April 9 2022 | Sterling successfully defended his UFC Bantamweight Championship against Petr Yan at UFC 273, winning via split decision with 11 of 18 MMA media outlets scoring the bout in his favor. |
| March 6 2021 | Sterling won the UFC Bantamweight Championship by disqualification against Petr Yan at UFC 259, becoming the first fighter in UFC history to win a championship by disqualification. |
| December 22 2020 | Competed in a mixed wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu match against two-time NCAA DI wrestling All-American Roman Bravo-Young at NLWC IV. Lost the first freestyle wrestling match 6-4 but won the second BJJ match by submission. |
| June 6 2020 | Defeated Cory Sandhagen at UFC 250 via first-round submission, winning a bantamweight title eliminator and earning Performance of the Night bonus. |
| June 8 2019 | Defeated Pedro Munhoz by unanimous decision at UFC 238. |
| February 17 2019 | Defeated Jimmie Rivera by unanimous decision at UFC on ESPN 1. |
| September 8 2018 | Defeated Cody Stamann via submission in the second round at UFC 228. |
| April 21 2018 | Defeated Brett Johns via unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 128. |
| 2015 | Won UFC.com Submission of the Year (10th ranked) for his submission against Takeya Mizugaki |
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