Brian Ortega Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Aljamain Sterling Catch Weight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang	Aug 23, 2025
L	#12Diego Lopes Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC	Sep 14, 2024
W	#2Yair Rodriguez Featherweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R3	0:58	UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2	Feb 24, 2024
L	#3Yair Rodriguez Featherweight	KO/TKO	to Shoulder injury	R1	4:11	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez	Jul 16, 2022
L	CAlexander VolkanovskiTitle Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega	Sep 25, 2021
W	#4Chan Sung Jung Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie	Oct 17, 2020
L	CMax HollowayTitle Featherweight	KO/TKO	—	R4	5:00	UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega	Dec 8, 2018
W	#2Frankie Edgar Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	4:44	UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya	Mar 3, 2018
W	#4Cub Swanson Featherweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke Standing	R2	3:22	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega	Dec 9, 2017
W	#9Renato Moicano Featherweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R3	2:59	UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2	Jul 29, 2017
W	#15Clay Guida Featherweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head At Distance	R3	4:40	UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2	Jun 4, 2016
W	#15Diego Brandao Featherweight	Submission	Triangle Choke On Ground	R3	1:37	UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit	Jan 2, 2016
W	Thiago Tavares Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R3	4:10	UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson	Jun 6, 2015
NC	Mike de la Torre Featherweight	No Contest	—	R1	1:39	UFC on FOX: Lawler vs. Brown	Jul 26, 2014

Outside the UFC

8-0across 8 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 4 sub · 4 decRITC · Gladiator Challenge · RFA 12 · RFA 9

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Keoni Koch5-1	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	RFA 12	Jan 24, 2014
W	Jordan Rinaldi14-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R3	2:29	RFA 9	Aug 16, 2013
W	Thomas Guimond4-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:02	RITC	May 4, 2013
W	Carlos Garces7-7-1	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	RITC	Mar 12, 2011
W	Chris Mercado5-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RITC	Jan 15, 2011
W	Vincent Martinez1-13	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:54	RITC	Jul 24, 2010
W	Brady Harrison12-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Gladiator Challenge	Jun 27, 2010
W	John Sassone1-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:48	Gladiator Challenge	Apr 25, 2010

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

3 wins, 2 losses

W3

L2

Submission

8 wins, 0 losses

W8

L0

Decision

5 wins, 3 losses

W5

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.38

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

4

Above avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.77

Above avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Brian Ortega

PowerChin

Knockout rate

23%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

5

0.95 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

0.23 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

4 scorecards on file

Brian Ortega

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 100%

1W3L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

2 rounds total

0

Won

2

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD37th

37%739 / 1,981

Striking accuracy

49%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-2.54 differential

Landed3.84

Absorbed6.38

52%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-14%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head71%74th527
Body18%56th134
Leg11%40th78

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

89%Standing

Standing89%655
Clinch6%48
Ground5%36

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Brian Ortega

Landed per 15

Head

A

76th

41.2

76th

Body

C

55th

10.5

55th

Leg

D

36th

6.1

36th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

4th

68.2

4th

Body

D

27th

14.3

27th

Leg

F

19th

13.5

19th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	41.2	527	1,700	31%
Body	10.5	134	185	72%
Leg	6.1	78	96	81%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	68.2	871	1,989	44%
Body	14.3	183	240	76%
Leg	13.5	173	191	91%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Brian Ortega

24%

Takedown accuracy

53%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.5 min net

On top1.2

On bottom1.7

Offense

Takedowns

C

44th

0.9

44th

TD accuracy

D

28th

24%

28th

Sub attempts

B

70th

0.8

70th

Control

D

29th

1.2 min

29th

Defense

TD defense

D

37th

53%

37th

Controlled

1.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	11 / 45
Submission attempts	10
Control time	15:25

Defense

TDs defended	17 / 32
Control absorbed	22:06

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (192min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Brian Ortega

13 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 192 min

216%

R3 pace · 10 bouts

Ortega builds (+9% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Ortega lifts to 216% of round-1 output by round 3 (10 bouts).

Ortega ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Ortegalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Ortegaattempts / min

Control time

Ortega% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.7	2.9	5.6	0.16	8%	13
R2	4.7	3.8	5.4	0.17	9%	11
R3	6.5	5.4	7.2	0.25	9%	10
R4	5.2	3.2	10.1	0.55	8%	4
R5	5.8	4.7	6.2	0.33	1%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Brian Ortega

14 resolved UFC bouts · 11 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

80/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

98th

80%

98th

Win quality

A+

92nd

62%

92nd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

7

3

1

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	2	0-2	0%
Top-5	7	5-2	71%
Top-15	3	3-0	100%
Cross-div champ	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	1	0-0, 1 NC	—

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Aljamain Sterling	Cross-div champ	67	Aug 23, 2025
L	Diego Lopes#12	Top-5	79	Sep 14, 2024
W	Yair Rodriguez#2	Top-5	89	Feb 24, 2024
L	Yair Rodriguez#3	Top-5	88	Jul 16, 2022
L	Alexander VolkanovskiCHAMP	Champion	100	Sep 25, 2021
W	Chan Sung Jung#4	Top-5	83	Oct 17, 2020
L	Max HollowayCHAMP	Champion	100	Dec 8, 2018
W	Frankie Edgar#2	Top-5	92	Mar 3, 2018
W	Cub Swanson#4	Top-5	85	Dec 9, 2017
W	Renato Moicano#9	Top-5	77	Jul 29, 2017
W	Clay Guida#15	Top-15	69	Jun 4, 2016
W	Diego Brandao#15	Top-15	60	Jan 2, 2016
W	Thiago Tavares	Top-15	55	Jun 6, 2015
NC	Mike de la Torre	Unproven	8	Jul 26, 2014

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

13 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

2-0

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-5

9 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-2

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-3

8 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-2

2 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-2

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-0

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

10 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Brian Ortega

Within a year

10 monthssince last bout

vs Aljamain Sterling · Aug 23, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 3-2As underdog 5-3

67.3

DK avg

71.0

Median

84.6

Ceiling

31.2

Floor

38%

Boom

8%

Bust

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