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Kevin Vallejos vs Aljamain Sterling: MMA records and fight stats comparison

Kevin Vallejos vs Aljamain Sterling is scheduled at Featherweight on November 21, 2026 at UFC Fight Night: Procházka vs. Stirling, 3 rounds. Before the fight, StatsNext stored 4 UFC bouts for Kevin Vallejos (4-0) and 23 for Aljamain Sterling (18-5).

Scheduled · November 21, 2026 · UFC bouts before the fight · Updated October 30, 2026 at 10:42 PM ET · StatsNext fight records

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How do Kevin Vallejos and Aljamain Sterling compare statistically?

Kevin Vallejos lands 5.65 significant strikes per minute and absorbs 3.53 (4 UFC bouts with statistics); Aljamain Sterling lands 4.30 significant strikes per minute and absorbs 2.24 (21 UFC bouts with statistics). Grappling: Kevin Vallejos 1.06 takedowns per 15 minutes with 90.0% takedown defense; Aljamain Sterling 2.43 takedowns per 15 minutes with 46.5% takedown defense.

Kevin Vallejos vs Aljamain Sterling: stored UFC bouts before Nov 21, 2026
Kevin VallejosAljamain Sterling
StatsNext pageKevin VallejosAljamain Sterling
Career record (published now)18-126-5
Stored UFC record before the bout4-018-5
Height5'7"5'7"
Reach68"71"
StanceSwitchOrthodox
Born20011989
Current UFC rankingFeatherweight #9Featherweight #4
Significant strikes landed per minute5.654.30
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.532.24
Significant striking accuracy46.6%52.2%
Significant striking defense58.7%58.7%
Knockdowns per 15 minutes2.120.00
Takedowns per 15 minutes1.062.43
Takedown accuracy–29.7%
Takedown defense90.0%46.5%
Submission attempts per 15 minutes0.000.55
Control minutes per 15 minutes1.814.78
Share of fight time in control12.1%31.9%
Wins by KO/TKO / submission / decision3 / 0 / 12 / 4 / 11
Losses by KO/TKO / submission / decision0 / 0 / 02 / 0 / 3
Average bout (minutes)7.114.4
UFC bouts with statistics (minutes)4 (28)21 (302)

Rates are per minute fought over the stored bouts. Absorbed strikes and defense count only bouts where the opponent’s statistics are published. Control time is published for bouts from 2019.

What the numbers show

Striking volume

  • Kevin Vallejos: too few stored bouts with both fighters' statistics (4; 3 and 30 min needed).
  • Aljamain Sterling lands 4.30 and absorbs 2.24 significant strikes per minute (differential +2.06; 21 bouts, 301.9 min).

Accuracy against defense

  • Kevin Vallejos lands 46.6% of significant attempts (160 of 343); opponents have landed 41.3% against Aljamain Sterling (677 of 1640).
  • Aljamain Sterling lands 52.2% of significant attempts (1299 of 2488); opponents have landed 41.3% against Kevin Vallejos (100 of 242).

Takedowns and control

  • Aljamain Sterling lands 2.43 takedowns per 15 min (49 of 165, 29.7%; 21 bouts) with 4.78 control minutes per 15. Kevin Vallejos has stopped 90.0% of 10 takedown attempts.

Submission threat

  • Aljamain Sterling: 4 submission wins in 18 stored wins, 0.55 submission attempts per 15 min (21 bouts). Kevin Vallejos: 0 submission losses in 0 stored losses; faced 0 submission attempts in 4 bouts with statistics.

Finishing and being finished

  • Kevin Vallejos: 3 of 4 wins inside the distance (3 KO/TKO, 0 submission); no stored loss. Average bout 7.1 min (4 bouts).
  • Aljamain Sterling: 6 of 18 wins inside the distance (2 KO/TKO, 4 submission); finished in 2 of 5 losses (2 KO/TKO, 0 submission). Average bout 14.4 min (23 bouts).

Knockdowns

  • Aljamain Sterling: 0 knockdowns scored in 21 bouts; knocked down 5 times in 21 bouts with the opponent's statistics; 2 KO/TKO losses.

Height and reach

  • Aljamain Sterling has a 3 in reach advantage (68 in vs 71 in).

Recent form

  • Kevin Vallejos: W KO/TKO, W KO/TKO, W DEC in the last 3.
  • Aljamain Sterling: W DEC, W DEC, L DEC in the last 3. Last 3 bouts: 2.80 landed and 1.51 absorbed per min, against 4.30 and 2.24 over 21 stored bouts.

Context

  • Current UFC rankings: Kevin Vallejos Featherweight #9; Aljamain Sterling Featherweight #4.

Each line states its sample. Fight-level totals only: the provider publishes no round-by-round statistics. Results against takedown pressure count what happened in each bout; style labels, short-notice replacements and weigh-in misses are not published. History, not a prediction.

Kevin Vallejos: recent UFC bouts

Kevin Vallejos: the most recent stored UFC bouts before Nov 21, 2026
DateOpponent (UFC record entering)ResultMethodRound, timeMinutesWeight classSig. strikes (absorbed)TakedownsControl
Mar 14, 2026Josh Emmett (10-6)WinKO/TKOR1 3:333.6Featherweight36 of 55 (3)0 of 00:38
Dec 14, 2025Giga Chikadze (8-3)WinKO/TKOR2 1:296.5Featherweight20 of 32 (12)0 of 11:28
Aug 2, 2025Danny Silva (2-0)WinDecisionR3 5:0015Featherweight90 of 229 (69)2 of 51:14
Mar 15, 2025SeungWoo Choi (4-6)WinKO/TKOR1 3:093.2Featherweight14 of 27 (16)0 of 00:05

Aljamain Sterling: recent UFC bouts

Aljamain Sterling: the most recent stored UFC bouts before Nov 21, 2026
DateOpponent (UFC record entering)ResultMethodRound, timeMinutesWeight classSig. strikes (absorbed)TakedownsControl
Apr 25, 2026Youssef Zalal (8-3-1)WinDecisionR5 5:0025Featherweight46 of 89 (35)6 of 1113:49
Aug 23, 2025Brian Ortega (8-4)WinDecisionR5 5:0025Catchweight124 of 227 (55)3 of 63:55
Dec 7, 2024Movsar Evloev (8-0)LossDecisionR3 5:0015Featherweight12 of 26 (8)6 of 86:16
Apr 13, 2024Calvin Kattar (7-5)WinDecisionR3 5:0015Featherweight39 of 71 (8)8 of 1310:43
Aug 19, 2023Sean O'Malley (7-1)LossKO/TKOR2 0:515.9Bantamweight (title)17 of 35 (25)0 of 20:34

About this comparison

  • Built from each fighter's stored UFC bouts before November 21, 2026; UFC bouts are stored from 1993 and statistics for most bouts from 2015. Control time counts bouts from 2019, when it is published.
  • Opponent records entering a bout count the opponent's stored UFC bouts before that date.
  • Bouts are listed as announced; cards change until fight night.

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