CFFC Origins: Aljamain Sterling launches Hall of Fame run on one week's notice

In the summer of 2011, Aljamain Sterling was a promising young bantamweight prospect who made the decision to take a featherweight matchup on one week's notice in his Cage Fury Fighting Championships debut at CFFC 10. The risk paid off, with Sterling picking up a first-round TKO win at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was the first of five straight CFFC wins for Sterling, who would win the organization's bantamweight title and defend it three times before getting the call to the sport's biggest organization, the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Sterling, who went on to the UFC title, as well, was inducted into the CFFC Hall of Fame in 2023. To see how Sterling's journey began, rewatch the full CFFC 10 fight between Sterling and Evan Chmieleski, courtesy of our partners at UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC.