Aljamain Sterling
Aljamain Sterling's profile at Sherdog  Aljamain Sterling's profile at Tapology Rank State: Nevada
Age: 36
Last 5: W L W L W Association: Serra-Longo Fight Team Pro Debut Date: 2011-04-22 Pro Record: 25-5-0 |
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Current Ranking:
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'Big League' Record: 17-5-0
Last 3 Years: 3-2-0
Win Finish %: 48%
Combat Age: 45
Quality Perf. %: 80%
Last Quality Perf.: 2025-08-23
540 Metric: .333
Rating Points: 723
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Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2023 All-Time Rank: |
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UFC Record: 17-5-0 Octagon Time: 5:05:40 Title Bouts: 4-1-0 Longest Win Streak: 9 (2018-2023) Next Best Win Streak: 4 (2014-2015) UFC Debut: 2014-02-22 Last UFC Fight: 2025-08-23 |
Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight
| Opponent | Outcome | |
| W |
Brian Ortega #7 Featherweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 5 |
UFC Fight Night 257 Walker vs. Zhang Saturday, August 23rd 2025 |
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| L |
Movsar Evloev #4 Featherweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
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UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura Saturday, December 7th 2024 |
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| W | Calvin Kattar |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
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UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill Saturday, April 13th 2024 |
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| L |
Sean OMalley #5 Bantamweight |
TKO (Punches) Round 2 |
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UFC 292 - Sterling vs. OMalley Saturday, August 19th 2023 |
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| W | Henry Cejudo |
Decision (Split) Round 5 |
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UFC 288 - Sterling vs. Cejudo Saturday, May 6th 2023 |
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| W |
T.J. Dillashaw #7 Bantamweight |
TKO (Punches) Round 2 |
UFC 280 - Oliveira vs. Makhachev Saturday, October 22nd 2022 |
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| W |
Petr Yan #1 Bantamweight |
Decision (Split) Round 5 |
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UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie Saturday, April 9th 2022 |
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| W |
Petr Yan #2 Bantamweight |
Disqualification (Illegal Knee) Round 4 |
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UFC 259 - Blachowicz vs. Adesanya Saturday, March 6th 2021 |
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| W |
Cory Sandhagen #7 Bantamweight |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1 |
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UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer Saturday, June 6th 2020 |
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| W |
Pedro Munhoz #3 Bantamweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
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UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes Saturday, June 8th 2019 |
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| W |
Jimmie Rivera #7 Bantamweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
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UFC on ESPN 1 - Ngannou vs. Velasquez Sunday, February 17th 2019 |
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| W |
Cody Stamann #20 Bantamweight |
Submission (Kneebar) Round 2 |
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UFC 228 - Woodley vs. Till Saturday, September 8th 2018 |
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| W |
Brett Johns #14 Bantamweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
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UFC Fight Night 128 - Barboza vs. Lee Saturday, April 21st 2018 |
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| L |
Marlon Moraes #12 Bantamweight |
KO (Knee) Round 1 |
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UFC Fight Night 123 - Swanson vs. Ortega Saturday, December 9th 2017 |
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| W |
Renan Barao #19 Featherweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
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UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 Saturday, July 29th 2017 |
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| W |
Augusto Mendes #42 Bantamweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
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UFC on Fox 24 - Johnson vs. Reis Saturday, April 15th 2017 |
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| L |
Raphael Assuncao #18 Bantamweight |
Decision (Split) Round 3 |
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UFC on Fox 23 - Shevchenko vs. Pena Saturday, January 28th 2017 |
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| L |
Bryan Caraway #17 Bantamweight |
Decision (Split) Round 3 |
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UFC Fight Night 88 - Almeida vs. Garbrandt Sunday, May 29th 2016 |
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| W | Johnny Eduardo |
Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 2 |
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UFC Fight Night 80 - Namajunas vs. VanZant Thursday, December 10th 2015 |
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| W |
Takeya Mizugaki #12 Bantamweight |
SUB Round 3 |
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UFC on FOX 15: Machida vs. Rockhold Saturday, April 18th 2015 |
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| W |
Hugo Viana #45 Bantamweight |
TKO (Punches) Round 3 |
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UFC Fight Night - Cerrone vs. Miller Wednesday, July 16th 2014 |
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| W |
Cody Gibson #55 Bantamweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
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UFC 170 - Rousey vs. McMann Saturday, February 22nd 2014 |
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| W |
Joel Roberts #101 Bantamweight |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1 |
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CFFC 30 - Sterling vs. Roberts Saturday, November 2nd 2013 |
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| W |
Sidemar Honorio #130 Bantamweight |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2 |
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CFFC 16 - Williams vs. Jacoby Friday, August 24th 2012 |
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| W |
Casey Johnson #567 Featherweight |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 3 |
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CFFC 14 - No Mercy Saturday, April 14th 2012 |
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| W |
Sean Santella #73 Bantamweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 5 |
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CFFC 11 - Danger Zone! Saturday, October 22nd 2011 |
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| W |
Evan Chmielski #619 Featherweight |
TKO (Punches) Round 1 |
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CFFC 10 - Black Eye Saturday, July 23rd 2011 |
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| W |
Claudio Ledesma #275 Bantamweight |
Decision (Split) Round 3 |
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ROC 36 - Ring of Combat 36 Friday, June 17th 2011 |
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| W | Harley Leimbach |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1 |
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EFC - Bragging Rights 2 Saturday, May 21st 2011 |
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| W | Sergio Da Silva |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
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UCC 4 - Supremacy Friday, April 22nd 2011 |
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| Opponent | Event | Outcome | |
| W |
Brian Ortega #7 Featherweight |
UFC Fight Night 257 Walker vs. Zhang Saturday, August 23rd 2025 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 5 |
| L |
Movsar Evloev #4 Featherweight |
UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura Saturday, December 7th 2024 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
| W | Calvin Kattar |
UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill Saturday, April 13th 2024 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
| L |
Sean OMalley #5 Bantamweight |
UFC 292 - Sterling vs. OMalley Saturday, August 19th 2023 |
TKO (Punches) Round 2 |
| W | Henry Cejudo |
UFC 288 - Sterling vs. Cejudo Saturday, May 6th 2023 |
Decision (Split) Round 5 |
| W |
T.J. Dillashaw #7 Bantamweight |
UFC 280 - Oliveira vs. Makhachev Saturday, October 22nd 2022 |
TKO (Punches) Round 2 |
| W |
Petr Yan #1 Bantamweight |
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie Saturday, April 9th 2022 |
Decision (Split) Round 5 |
| W |
Petr Yan #2 Bantamweight |
UFC 259 - Blachowicz vs. Adesanya Saturday, March 6th 2021 |
Disqualification (Illegal Knee) Round 4 |
| W |
Cory Sandhagen #7 Bantamweight |
UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer Saturday, June 6th 2020 |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1 |
| W |
Pedro Munhoz #3 Bantamweight |
UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes Saturday, June 8th 2019 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
| W |
Jimmie Rivera #7 Bantamweight |
UFC on ESPN 1 - Ngannou vs. Velasquez Sunday, February 17th 2019 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
| W |
Cody Stamann #20 Bantamweight |
UFC 228 - Woodley vs. Till Saturday, September 8th 2018 |
Submission (Kneebar) Round 2 |
| W |
Brett Johns #14 Bantamweight |
UFC Fight Night 128 - Barboza vs. Lee Saturday, April 21st 2018 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
| L |
Marlon Moraes #12 Bantamweight |
UFC Fight Night 123 - Swanson vs. Ortega Saturday, December 9th 2017 |
KO (Knee) Round 1 |
| W |
Renan Barao #19 Featherweight |
UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 Saturday, July 29th 2017 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
| W |
Augusto Mendes #42 Bantamweight |
UFC on Fox 24 - Johnson vs. Reis Saturday, April 15th 2017 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
| L |
Raphael Assuncao #18 Bantamweight |
UFC on Fox 23 - Shevchenko vs. Pena Saturday, January 28th 2017 |
Decision (Split) Round 3 |
| L |
Bryan Caraway #17 Bantamweight |
UFC Fight Night 88 - Almeida vs. Garbrandt Sunday, May 29th 2016 |
Decision (Split) Round 3 |
| W | Johnny Eduardo |
UFC Fight Night 80 - Namajunas vs. VanZant Thursday, December 10th 2015 |
Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 2 |
| W |
Takeya Mizugaki #12 Bantamweight |
UFC on FOX 15: Machida vs. Rockhold Saturday, April 18th 2015 |
SUB Round 3 |
| W |
Hugo Viana #45 Bantamweight |
UFC Fight Night - Cerrone vs. Miller Wednesday, July 16th 2014 |
TKO (Punches) Round 3 |
| W |
Cody Gibson #55 Bantamweight |
UFC 170 - Rousey vs. McMann Saturday, February 22nd 2014 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
| W |
Joel Roberts #101 Bantamweight |
CFFC 30 - Sterling vs. Roberts Saturday, November 2nd 2013 |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1 |
| W |
Sidemar Honorio #130 Bantamweight |
CFFC 16 - Williams vs. Jacoby Friday, August 24th 2012 |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2 |
| W |
Casey Johnson #567 Featherweight |
CFFC 14 - No Mercy Saturday, April 14th 2012 |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 3 |
| W |
Sean Santella #73 Bantamweight |
CFFC 11 - Danger Zone! Saturday, October 22nd 2011 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 5 |
| W |
Evan Chmielski #619 Featherweight |
CFFC 10 - Black Eye Saturday, July 23rd 2011 |
TKO (Punches) Round 1 |
| W |
Claudio Ledesma #275 Bantamweight |
ROC 36 - Ring of Combat 36 Friday, June 17th 2011 |
Decision (Split) Round 3 |
| W | Harley Leimbach |
EFC - Bragging Rights 2 Saturday, May 21st 2011 |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1 |
| W | Sergio Da Silva |
UCC 4 - Supremacy Friday, April 22nd 2011 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time
| Date | ↑ ↓ | Rank | Record | Points | ||
| 10/01/2025 | 1 | #5 Featherweight | 25-5-0 |
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| 07/01/2025 | #4 Featherweight | 24-5-0 |
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| 04/01/2025 | #4 Featherweight | 24-5-0 |
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| 01/01/2025 | 1 | #4 Featherweight | 24-5-0 |
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| 10/01/2024 | #3 Featherweight | 24-4-0 |
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| 07/01/2024 | NR | #3 Featherweight | 24-4-0 |
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| 04/01/2024 | #3 Bantamweight | 23-4-0 |
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| 01/01/2024 | #3 Bantamweight | 23-4-0 |
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| 10/01/2023 | 2 | #3 Bantamweight | 23-4-0 |
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| 07/01/2023 | #1 Bantamweight | 23-3-0 |
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| 04/01/2023 | #1 Bantamweight | 22-3-0 |
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| 01/01/2023 | #1 Bantamweight | 22-3-0 |
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| 10/01/2022 | #1 Bantamweight | 21-3-0 |
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| 07/01/2022 | 2 | #1 Bantamweight | 21-3-0 |
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| 04/01/2022 | 2 | #3 Bantamweight | 20-3-0 |
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| 01/01/2022 | #1 Bantamweight | 20-3-0 |
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| 10/01/2021 | #1 Bantamweight | 20-3-0 |
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| 07/01/2021 | 1 | #1 Bantamweight | 20-3-0 |
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| 04/01/2021 | 1 | #2 Bantamweight | 20-3-0 |
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| 01/01/2021 | 1 | #3 Bantamweight | 19-3-0 |
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| 10/01/2020 | 1 | #4 Bantamweight | 19-3-0 |
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| 07/01/2020 | #3 Bantamweight | 19-3-0 |
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| 04/01/2020 | 1 | #3 Bantamweight | 18-3-0 |
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| 01/01/2020 | 1 | #4 Bantamweight | 18-3-0 |
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| 10/01/2019 | #3 Bantamweight | 18-3-0 |
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| 07/01/2019 | 1 | #3 Bantamweight | 18-3-0 |
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| 04/01/2019 | 4 | #4 Bantamweight | 17-3-0 |
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| 01/01/2019 | 1 | #8 Bantamweight | 16-3-0 |
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| 10/01/2018 | #7 Bantamweight | 16-3-0 |
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| 07/01/2018 | 5 | #7 Bantamweight | 15-3-0 |
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| 04/01/2018 | 1 | #12 Bantamweight | 14-3-0 |
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| 01/01/2018 | 7 | #13 Bantamweight | 14-3-0 |
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| 10/01/2017 | 7 | #6 Bantamweight | 14-2-0 |
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| 07/01/2017 | 2 | #13 Bantamweight | 13-2-0 |
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| 04/01/2017 | 1 | #15 Bantamweight | 12-2-0 |
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| 01/01/2017 | 1 | #14 Bantamweight | 12-1-0 |
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| 10/01/2016 | 1 | #13 Bantamweight | 12-1-0 |
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| 07/01/2016 | 3 | #12 Bantamweight | 12-1-0 |
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| 04/01/2016 | 1 | #9 Bantamweight | 12-0-0 |
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| 01/01/2016 | 4 | #8 Bantamweight | 12-0-0 |
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| 10/01/2015 | 1 | #12 Bantamweight | 11-0-0 |
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| 07/01/2015 | 13 | #11 Bantamweight | 11-0-0 |
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| 04/01/2015 | #24 Bantamweight | 10-0-0 |
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| 01/01/2015 | 1 | #24 Bantamweight | 10-0-0 |
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| 10/01/2014 | 12 | #23 Bantamweight | 10-0-0 |
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| 07/01/2014 | #35 Bantamweight | 9-0-0 |
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| 04/01/2014 | 10 | #35 Bantamweight | 9-0-0 |
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| 01/01/2014 | 29 | #45 Bantamweight | 8-0-0 |
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| 10/01/2013 | 7 | #74 Bantamweight | 7-0-0 |
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| 07/01/2013 | 8 | #67 Bantamweight | 7-0-0 |
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| 04/01/2013 | 4 | #59 Bantamweight | 7-0-0 |
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| 01/01/2013 | 5 | #55 Bantamweight | 7-0-0 |
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| 10/01/2012 | 26 | #60 Bantamweight | 7-0-0 |
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| 07/01/2012 | 5 | #86 Bantamweight | 6-0-0 |
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| 04/01/2012 | 4 | #91 Bantamweight | 5-0-0 |
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| 01/01/2012 | NR | #87 Bantamweight | 5-0-0 |
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| 10/01/2011 | NR | #342 Featherweight | 4-0-0 |
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| 07/01/2011 | NR | #281 Bantamweight | 3-0-0 |
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