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Brian Ortega
“T-City”
United States
Ranked #13 · FeatherweightOfficial UFC rankings
16-5-0W-L-D
Next Fight
vs Dan Hooker
UFC Fight Night: Prochazka vs Stirling · Sat, Nov 21, 10:00 AM EST
- Age
- 35
- Height
- 5'8"
- ReachArm span, fingertip to fingertip.
- 69"
- Stance
- Switch
- Weight class
- FeatherweightFeatherweight: 136 to 145 lb (62 to 66 kg). Fighters weigh in the day before the fight and must make the limit. In non-title fights they get 1 lb of leeway; miss it and they usually forfeit part of their purse.
- Gym
- Huntington Beach Ultimate Training Center
- Power IndexUFCalendar's strength rating, built from every pro fight: beating strong opponents raises it, losing lowers it. The best in the UFC are around 2000.
- 1676
Scouting Report
- L
- L
- W
- L
- L
Lost 2 straight
Last 5, newest first.
- How They Win
- Ortega is a finisher who taps people. Submissions are his top weapon at 8, with 3 KO/TKO wins and 5 decisions, good for a 69% finish rate. The record reads 16-5-0.
- Recent Form
- Aljamain Sterling (26-5-0), loss, unanimous decision in round 5. Diego Lopes (28-8-0), loss, unanimous decision in round 3. Yair Rodriguez (21-6-0, 1 NC), win, submission in round 3.
- Style
- Ortega fights from a switch stance and lands 3.84 significant strikes a minute at 37% accuracy. He absorbs 6.38 a minute and defends 49%. He attempts 0.9 submissions per 15 minutes and stops 55% of takedowns.
Written by AI from stored stats. Not a prediction.
Winning Strategy
- 3 KO/TKO (19%)
- 8 Submission (50%)
- 5 Decision (31%)
- Finish rateShare of pro wins that came by knockout or submission instead of the judges.
- 69%
- Streak
- 2-fight losing streak
- Last fought
- 15 months ago
16 pro wins.
Last 5 Fights
Opponents' combined record todayThe current pro records of their last 5 opponents, added together. Tougher opponents mean a bigger win total.: 125-29
Opponents' average Power IndexAverage Power Index of their last 5 opponents. Higher means tougher competition.: 1810
- Lossvs Aljamain Sterling26-5-0 · Power Index 1895Decision - Unanimous · R5 · 5:00Aug 23, 2025 · UFC Fight Night: Walker vs Zhang
Fight stats
Stat Brian Ortega Aljamain Sterling Sig. strikes 55/174 124/227 Takedowns 0/2 3/6 Control time 0:08 3:55 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 2 27 Round 2 sig. strikes 9 13 Round 3 sig. strikes 21 35 Round 4 sig. strikes 13 25 Round 5 sig. strikes 10 24 - Lossvs Diego Lopes28-8-0 · Power Index 1812Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00Sep 15, 2024 · UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC O'Malley vs Dvalishvili
Fight stats
Stat Brian Ortega Diego Lopes Sig. strikes 63/195 106/206 Takedowns 0/2 1/1 Control time 0:06 2:45 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 15 29 Round 2 sig. strikes 16 22 Round 3 sig. strikes 32 55 - Winvs Yair Rodriguez21-6-0 (1 NC) · Power Index 1713Submission · R3 · 0:58Feb 25, 2024 · UFC Mexico City
Fight stats
Stat Brian Ortega Yair Rodriguez Sig. strikes 28/73 55/115 Takedowns 3/6 0/1 Control time 5:21 1:32 Knockdowns 0 1 Round 1 sig. strikes 6 45 Round 2 sig. strikes 22 9 Round 3 sig. strikes 0 1 - Lossvs Yair Rodriguez21-6-0 (1 NC) · Power Index 1713KO/TKO · R1 · 4:11Jul 16, 2022 · UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs Rodriguez
Fight stats
Stat Brian Ortega Yair Rodriguez Sig. strikes 22/35 23/46 Takedowns 1/5 0/0 Control time 2:24 0:00 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 22 23 - Lossvs Alexander Volkanovski29-4-0 · Power Index 1918Decision - Unanimous · R5 · 5:00Sep 26, 2021 · UFC 266: Volkanovski vs Ortega
Fight stats
Stat Brian Ortega Alexander Volkanovski Sig. strikes 88/234 214/353 Takedowns 2/5 0/0 Control time 0:54 3:51 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 16 30 Round 2 sig. strikes 23 38 Round 3 sig. strikes 17 61 Round 4 sig. strikes 6 35 Round 5 sig. strikes 26 50
Career Stats
Based on 14 UFC fights.
- Significant strikes landed per minute
- 3.84
- Striking accuracy
- 37%
- Significant strikes absorbed per minute
- 6.38
- Striking defense
- 49%
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- 0.93
- Takedown accuracy
- 25%
- Takedown defense
- 55%
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- 0.90