Aljamain Sterling

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.

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

Height

170 cm

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter / amateur wrestler

High school

Uniondale High School

University

State University of New York at Morrisville

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.aljamainsterling.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/funkmastermma/
• Xhttps://x.com/FunkMaster_UFC
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

Tags

• New York
• mixed martial arts fighter
• amateur wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-02

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