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Brian Ortega

Brian Ortega

UFC record 8-5 · Rating 1618 · Last fight Saturday, August 23, 2025 · 2-fight losing streak

#9 in UFC featherweight (CageIQ rating)

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UFC stats

3.80
Sig. strikes landed / min
6.16
Sig. strikes absorbed / min
38%
Striking accuracy
49%
Striking defence
0.96
Takedowns / 15 min
57%
Takedown defence
0.90
Submission attempts / 15 min
50%
Finish rate

From 14 UFC fights. Rates with few fights are blended toward league averages. Finished 2 times by KO/TKO and 0 by submission.

Age 36Height 5'8"Reach 69"

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Recent UFC fights

OpponentMethodDate
L Aljamain Sterling
UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang
Decision - Unanimous · R5 2025-08-23
L Diego Lopes
UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC
Decision - Unanimous · R3 2024-09-14
W Yair Rodriguez
UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
Submission · R3 2024-02-24
L Yair Rodriguez
UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez
KO/TKO · R1 2022-07-16
L Alexander Volkanovski
UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega
Decision - Unanimous · R5 2021-09-25
W Chan Sung Jung
UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie
Decision - Unanimous · R5 2020-10-17
L Max Holloway
UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega
TKO - Doctor's Stoppage · R4 2018-12-08
W Frankie Edgar
UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya
KO/TKO · R1 2018-03-03
W Cub Swanson
UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega
Submission · R2 2017-12-09
W Renato Moicano
UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2
Submission · R3 2017-07-29