My Take
I'll be honest, Aljamain "Funk Master" Sterling is one of the most underrated grinders the UFC bantamweight scene has produced, and I love that his wrestling-heavy, scramble-everything style isn't always the prettiest to watch but it absolutely works. The Uniondale, New York kid out of Morrisville wrestling built a championship out of relentless pace and a genuinely nasty back-take game, and yeah, the DQ title win over Petr Yan was a weird, controversial way to first wear the belt, but the man went right back and proved it on his own terms in the rematch. What I respect most is how openly human he is online, funny, candid, never pretending to be a stoic killer. A real one.
Overview
Aljamain Antoine Sterling (born July 31, 1989) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Bantamweight Champion. Sterling is the first UFC champion to win a title by disqualification.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Aljamain Sterling
- Name (Japanese)
- アルジャメイン・スターリング
- Reading
- あるじゃめいん・すたーりんぐ
- Born
- July 31, 1989 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Snake
- Origin
- Uniondale, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 170 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- mixed martial arts fighter / amateur wrestler
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Uniondale High School
- University
- State University of New York at Morrisville
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.