A professional mixed martial artist, AljamainSterling is admired by many fans of the sport. He gained great notoriety from the fights he won at the Cage Fury Fighting Championships, winning and defending his championship title in the Bantamweight division. He made his UFC debut in 2014 and is part of the Serra-Longo fight team. Here’s everything there is to know about Aljamain Sterling’s career and personal life.
Aljamain Sterling’s Bio
Aljamain Antoine Sterling was born on December 31, 1989 in Cortland, New York. He grew up in Roosevelt, but later moved to Uniondale in 6th grade and attended Uniondale High School. Sterling had struggled as a wrestler since his time at Cortland. He didn’t grow up that rich and had to do odd jobs to support himself. He worked as a shoe salesman at Saks Fifth before being fired for canceling work due to a school emergency. He then worked as a hairdresser at school.
In addition to combat sports, Aljamain was also interested in basketball. He tried out for his high school basketball team at Uniondale High but was unsuccessful. Sterling then channeled his energy into honing his wrestling skills. After high school, he then went to the State University of New York, Morrisville, where he studied accounting and pursued wrestling. There he met Jon Jones who introduced him to mixed martial arts when they trained together. Sterling then transferred to SUNY-Cortland where he became a 2x USA wrestler at 133lbs and 141lbs. He earned a degree in physical education.
Inspired by his success as an amateur wrestler, Sterling decided to turn professional in 2011. He wrestled in the organization Ring of Combat, where he won his first professional title before joining the Fighting Championships of Cage fury. In no time, Sterling won the CFFC bantamweight championship and defended the title three times. His success caught the attention of Dana White’s UFC and he was signed in 2014.
Sterling has two younger sisters (twins) and a younger brother, Troy Sterling, who is also a wrestler.
Girlfriend
Aljamain has been dating a certain mystery woman for a long time and we are able to figure out that her name is Rebecca Cruise. They’re not sure when they started dating, but they’ve been together since no later than 2015, when their relationship hit the headlines after undefeated professional boxer Floyd Mayweather allegedly tried to rob Becca. at Sterling.
Details of the incident were posted online in July 2015, but in May 2015, a day after UFC 187 was held in Las Vegas in the town of Mayweather.
A pool party was held where many members of the UFC’s fighters gathered to reminisce about the event. Sterling was at the bar relaxing with girlfriend Becca and teammate Chris Weidman when the silver team leader made a grand entrance with an entourage of around 30 people.
According to Sterling’s account of the Fox Sports story, Mayweather came in and motioned for Becca to join him, but she refused, pointing in Sterling’s direction to indicate she had come with a man. Silver didn’t back down as quickly when he sent his bodyguard to speak to Sterling about coming with her, but Sterling remained adamant. He sent another member of his entourage, this time a lady, but Sterling was only annoyed by Mayweather’s advances. In the end, Mayweather left a loser.
Miss Cruise has been driving Sterling or dying since then, judging by her looks, it’s clear to see why Mayweather took an immediate interest in her. Sterling occasionally posts about his daughter on his social media pages, documenting dates and vacations to exotic beaches, but he never gives away too much about his daughter’s identity. Even his social media handle is not known to the public. Guess, privacy played a role in keeping them going for so long.
Height, weight, measurements
Aljamain Sterling is a good fighter by many standards. According to his profile on the official UFC website, he is 5ft 7in or about 1.70m tall. His reach (body measurement correlating to height) measures 180cm, while his leg reaches 39 inches. Sterling weighs 61 kg which is equivalent to 135 lbs and around 9.6 kg. He fought in the featherweight and bantamweight divisions.
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