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A former champion who reinvented himself at 145 pounds, sitting at #4 with a resume built on grit and grappling.
Aljamain “Funk Master” Sterling is one of the most recognizable names to move up a weight class and land on his feet. Now competing at Featherweight out of the USA, he carries a 26-5-0 record and holds the #4 ranking in the division. That combination — a heavy career win total against a short list of losses — tells you this is a fighter who has been in deep waters and kept swimming.
The nickname says a lot. “Funk Master” points to an unorthodox, awkward-for-opponents grappling flavor, the kind of style that turns clean exchanges into tangled scrambles. On paper, that identity has carried him a long way.
Here is what the physical profile says about how he operates:
The standout number is that 71-inch reach on a 5’ 7" frame. That is a long span for the height — a build that lets him fire from distance, frame off opponents, and, more importantly for his game, extend into ties, underhooks, and grip battles. Length like that is a real asset for a grappler who wants to attach, drag, and control rather than trade in the open. The orthodox stance keeps things conventional on the feet, but the reach is what quietly tilts exchanges in the clinch and on the mat.
At 36, he is deep into the veteran phase of a career. That is not a knock — it is context. It means the experience bank is full, and every step forward now is about maximizing a proven skill set rather than discovering a new one.
The run at Featherweight reads like a fighter still very much in the mix:
There is a lot to unpack there. The win over Brian Ortega is the kind of name that keeps you ranked and respected — a signature result against established opposition. Back-to-back wins including Youssef Zalal show he can string together good nights. The two losses come with heavyweight-level context: a defeat to Movsar Evloev, an undefeated wrecking machine, and an earlier setback to Sean O’Malley. Neither is the kind of loss that quietly slides a fighter out of relevance.
The pattern is a fighter who beats who he should and tests himself against the sharpest names in the room.
A former champion, a #4 ranking, and a resume with real names on it — Aljamain Sterling is exactly the kind of fighter whose next matchup shapes a whole division. Keep him on your radar, and when his next bout lands, build your bracket around it and call who takes it. The Funk Master rarely gives you a boring answer.