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Brian Ortega

“T-City”

Featherweight

Record: 16-5-0

Last 5 L L W L L

Height 5'8"

Weight 153 lb

Reach 69"

Leg reach 39"

Stance Switch

Style Jiu-Jitsu

Age 35

Career stats

Striking

Striking accuracy 37%

Sig. strikes landed 742 of 1,987

Landed per min 3.84

Absorbed per min 6.38

Strike defence 49%

Knockdown avg 0.39

Grappling

Takedown accuracy 2%

Takedowns landed 1 of 48

Takedown defence 55%

Takedowns per 15 min 0.93

Submissions per 15 min 0.93

Avg fight time 13:49

Strikes by target

Head 71%

Body 18%

Leg 11%

Strikes by position

Standing 89%

Clinch 7%

Ground 5%

Wins by method · 4 first-round finishes

KO/TKO 3

Submission 8

Decision 5

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15 bouts

Date	Opponent	Result	Method	Event
Sep 19, 2026	Renato Moicano	Upcoming	—	Crypto.com UFC 331
Aug 23, 2025	Aljamain Sterling	Loss	Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Walker vs Zhang
Sep 14, 2024	Diego Lopes	Loss	U-DEC, R3 5:00	UFC 306
Feb 23, 2024	Yair Rodriguez	Win	SUB, R3 0:58	UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
Jul 15, 2022	Yair Rodriguez	Loss	KO/TKO, R1 4:11	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez
Sep 24, 2021	Alexander Volkanovski	Loss	U-DEC, R5 5:00	UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega
Oct 16, 2020	Chan Sung Jung	Win	U-DEC, R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie
Dec 7, 2018	Max Holloway	Loss	KO/TKO, R4 5:00	UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega
Mar 2, 2018	Frankie Edgar	Win	KO/TKO, R1 4:44	UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya
Dec 8, 2017	Cub Swanson	Win	SUB, R2 3:22	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega
Jul 28, 2017	Renato Moicano	Win	SUB, R3 2:59	UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2
Jun 3, 2016	Clay Guida	Win	KO/TKO, R3 4:40	UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2
Jan 1, 2016	Diego Brandao	Win	SUB, R3 1:37	UFC 195: Lawler vs Condit
Jun 5, 2015	Thiago Tavares	Win	KO/TKO, R3 4:10	UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson
Jul 25, 2014	Mike de la Torre	Upcoming	Overturned, R1 1:39	UFC on FOX: Lawler vs Brown