Brian Ortega
14 UFC Fights | 57% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (88%)
Brian Ortega UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Brian Ortega is 8-5 in the UFC across 14 fights (1 no contest), with 3 wins by knockout, 4 by submission and 1 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 16-5 (1 NC), 8-0 of it outside the UFC. Ortega competes at featherweight as a switch outfighter, standing 5'8" with a 69" reach at 35 years old. The last bout was a loss to Aljamain Sterling by decision in Aug 2025.
Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 79th percentile among 191 featherweight fighters (0.38/fight).
Brian Ortega's UFC win rate is 57% (8 of 14 fights), and 88% of those wins came by finish. Ortega averages 0.8 takedowns per fight at 24% accuracy and stops 53% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 16-5 (1 NC)
- UFC Record
- 8-5 (1 NC)
- Height
- 5'8"
- Reach
- 69"
- Age
- 35
- Stance
- Switch
- Last Fight
- L vs Aljamain Sterling · Decision · Aug 2025
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Brian Ortega's Last 5 Fights
Ortega is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Aljamain Sterling · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang · Aug 2025
- Loss vs Diego Lopes · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC · Sep 2024
- Win vs Yair Rodriguez · Submission · R3 0:58 · UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 · Feb 2024
- Loss vs Yair Rodriguez · KO/TKO · R1 4:11 · UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez · Jul 2022
- Loss vs Alexander Volkanovski · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega · Sep 2021
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Brian Ortega vs Average
Brian Ortega lands 14.4 strikes in R1 but 20.4 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Brian Ortega's UFC Fight History
14 UFC fights on record (8-5 (1 NC)), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Aljamain Sterling | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang | 2025-08-23 |
| L | Diego Lopes | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC | 2024-09-14 |
| W | Yair Rodriguez | Submission | R3 · 0:58 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 | 2024-02-24 |
| L | Yair Rodriguez | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:11 | UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez | 2022-07-16 |
| L★ | Alexander Volkanovski | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega | 2021-09-25 |
| W | Chan Sung Jung | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie | 2020-10-17 |
| L★ | Max Holloway | KO/TKO | R4 · 5:00 | UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega | 2018-12-08 |
| W | Frankie Edgar | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:44 | UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya | 2018-03-03 |
| W | Cub Swanson | Submission | R2 · 3:22 | UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega | 2017-12-09 |
| W | Renato Moicano | Submission | R3 · 2:59 | UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 | 2017-07-29 |
| W | Clay Guida | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:40 | UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2 | 2016-06-04 |
| W | Diego Brandao | Submission | R3 · 1:37 | UFC 195: Lawler vs Condit | 2016-01-02 |
| W | Thiago Tavares | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:10 | UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson | 2015-06-06 |
| D/NC | Mike de la Torre | Other | R1 · 1:39 | UFC on FOX: Lawler vs Brown | 2014-07-26 |
How Ortega Ranks at Featherweight
Percentile among the 191 featherweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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