How old is Aljamain Sterling?

Aljamain Antoine Sterling is a skilled mixed martial artist. At present, he competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former champion of the bantamweight division. He is the first-ever person to win a title by disqualification in the history of advancement. He likewise worked for Cage Fury Fighting Championship. Sterling is the former Cage Fury Fighting Championship bantamweight title holder. He likewise holds other unique records, like the most back-to-back title defenses, most wins, and most sequential successes in the bantamweight history of the UFC.

Moreover, Sterling is currently ranked as the No.9 contender in the featherweight division of the UFC and is set to face the No.5 ranked Movsar Evloev in his next fight at UFC 310.

Aljamain Sterling’s age

Aljamain Sterling was born on July 31, 1989. He was born in Uniondale, New York, in the United States of America. He is presently 35 years old. Cleveland Sterling and Sophia Sterling are his parents. He has mixed biological connections to America and Jamaica. His childhood was spent with almost twelve half-siblings and seven full siblings.

He kept himself from accepting gang life, which some of his brothers joined at a very young age. He started wrestling while he was at Uniondale High School in 2004. He was admitted to Morrisville State College after failing to be promoted to Division 1 at the former institution. He met Jon Jones at his new college and gained an interest in mixed martial arts. Sterling went on to win NCAA Division III All-American (two times) with a record of 87–27. He completed his graduation from Cortland State University in physical education. He also participated in the NCAA DI wrestling All-American and Roman Bravo-Young at the event of the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club. He also showed up in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition in 2022. Due to his exceptional style of wrestling, he got the nickname “The Funk Master”.

MMA Career

Early Days

Aljamain Sterling was first welcomed by Jon Jones to rehearse mixed martial arts at his gym in New York. He left the advancement after two or three battles and joined the New York-based Serra-Longo Fight Group. In 2009 he began his amateur career with a win. He had six successes and just a single loss during this time. He clinched the Extreme FC amateur Featherweight Title and the Raging Wolf amateur Bantamweight Title. He won the Ring of Combat (ROC) Bantamweight Title by beating Claudio Ledesma. This was his last match in the advancement, as he joined the Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) a while later. He won his debut fight at CFFC by beating Evan Chmieleski at the extreme end of the primary round. He procured a title shot at the empty CFFC Bantamweight title with this win. He acquired his second title in his profession in the wake of beating Sean Santella by unanimous decision. Sterling had an opportunity to contend at the UFC by defending his title in three different events.

UFC

Aljamain Sterling made his UFC debut against Lucas Martins at UFC 170 in 2014. He supplanted Bryan Caraway who was injured at that time. Sterling's scheduled adversary was supplanted by Cody Gibson as Martins additionally got injured before the battle. Sterling defeated rookie Cody Gibson by unanimous decision. He showed up against Hugo Viana at UFC Battle Night 45. He was beaten by his adversary in the third round of the battle. His next battle was at UFC Battle Night: MacDonald versus Saffiedine against Mitch Gagnon. Be that as it may, he was supplanted by Rob Font before because of injury. Sterling was scheduled to battle at UFC Battle Night 55 against Frankie Saenz. Before the battle, Frankie was supplanted by Michael Imperato. The entire occasion was dropped because of the agreement issue with Imperato. Sterling's first fight in the next year was against Manny Gamburyan. Manny was displaced by Takeya Mizugaki before the fight because of injury. Sterling prevailed in that match by submission in the third round. He confronted Johnny Eduardo at UFC Battle Night 80 and won that fight as well.

Sterling faced Bryan Caraway in 2016 at UFC Fight Night 88. He lost the following two rounds and lost via split decision despite dominating the first round. His next opponent was Raphael Assunção at UFC Fight Night 102. He pulled out of the fight alluding to injury. The match was rescheduled for UFC on Fox 23 which Sterling won via split decision. He faced Augusto Mendes in the next fight and won the match. He beat his next opponent Renan Barão by unanimous decision. He lost his next fight against Marlon Moraes via KO in the first round. His following fight was against Brett Johns which he won via unanimous decision. He beat his subsequent opponent Cody Stamann via submission in the second round. Sterling went on to beat his next two opponents Jimmie Rivera and Pedro Munhoz by unanimous decision. He beat Cory Sandhagen for a bantamweight title eliminator via submission in the first round.

Bantamweight Champion

Sterling confronted Petr Yan for the title at UFC 259 after a rescheduling of occasions. He won the battle by disqualification because of an intentional unlawful knee in the fourth round. With this success, he turned into the new UFC Bantamweight Champion and the main individual in UFC history to come out on top for a title by disqualification.

Title Loss

Aljamain Sterling faced Sean O'Malley at UFC 292 in his fourth title defense. He lost the fight via second-round TKO, which ended his reign as the champion.

*Last updated on December 2, 2024.