Early career He started his amateur career in 2005 and made his debut on November 23 against Aaron Caw at NLF 2 and won his first win via KO on round one. He amassed a record of 9-2 prior moved to fight professionally. He fought most of his fights for
North American Allied Fight Series and
Bellator prior signed by UFC with a record of 7–2.
The Ultimate Fighter The Ultimate Fighter 19 Stansbury was one of the participants in
The Ultimate Fighter 19, a UFC's reality TV series, where the show debuted on April 16, 2014. He fought Irishman Chris Fields in his fight to enter the TUF house. Stansbury dominated most of the round one but injured his left knee when he went for a takedown at the end of the round one. He lost the fight and failed to enter house as one of the contestants.
The Ultimate Fighter 23 After his knee injury rehabilitation, Stansbury tried out
The Ultimate Fighter 23. This time he managed to advance into the house, where Stansbury defeated Trever Carlson via Americana on round one. On elimination round, Stansbury faced Abdel Medjedoub for Team
Joanna Jędrzejczyk. He defeated Medjedoub via majority decision after two round with the score board of (20-18, 19-19, 20-18). Stansbury advanced to semi-finals round facing Cory Hendricks. Hendricks withdrew from the fight due to neck injury even though he was cleared by the doctor to continue on in the competition and was advised that he had a pinched nerve. Hendricks was replaced by
Khalil Rountree, who was given the second chance by UFC president
Dana White. Rountree defeated Stansbury via TKO on round one and ended his advancement to the final of TUF 23.
Ultimate Fighting Championship Stansbury made his promotional debut on July 8, 2016 at
UFC: The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale against Cory Hendricks. He picked up a win via majority decision with the score board f (29-27, 29–27, 28-28). He was expected to face
Jake Collier on December 3, 2016 at
The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale. However, Collier pulled out of the fight in late October citing injury and was replaced by
Devin Clark. After the three rounds, the judges handed down the win to Clark via unanimous decision. On June 25, 2017, Stansbury faced
Jeremy Kimball at
UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee. He lost the fight via TKO on round one. On October 25, 2018, it was reported that Stansbury was released from UFC.
Superior Challenger Stanbury faced upcoming light-heavyweight Swedish prospect
Karl Albrektsson at Superior Challenger 18 losing via knockout. ==Championships and accomplishments==