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Brian Ortega
“T-City”
United StatesFeatherweightActiveage 35
16-5
76% win rate
L2 streak
Peak Vertex
2018-03-03 → 2018-03-0373held 5 bouts-68 vs current
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2018-03-03
Eased since the peak
Upcoming
Scheduled and newly announced fights. Announced bouts are reported bookings not yet on the official card.
- UFC Fight Night2026-11-21Lightweight
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Title
8 wins5 losses1 NClast 5: L L W L Ldrag to scroll · 1993–2025
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(14) | R2(11) | R3(10) | R4(4) | R5(3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 14.4 | 19.0 | 23.9 | 16.0 | 23.7 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 27.3 | 27.7 | 33.0 | 50.5 | 31.0 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.44 | 0.27 | 0.72 | 0.50 | 0.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 0.67 |
| Control time | 0:40 | 0:29 | 0:47 | 0:24 | 0:02 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang2025-08-23L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC2024-09-14L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 22024-02-24W·Sub·R3 · 0:58
- UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez2022-07-16L·KO·R1 · 4:11
- UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega2021-09-25L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega2018-12-08L·KO·R4 · 5:00
- UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya2018-03-03W·KO·R1 · 4:44
- UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega2017-12-09W·Sub·R2 · 3:22
- UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 22017-07-29W·Sub·R3 · 2:59
- UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 22016-06-04W·KO·R3 · 4:40
- UFC 195: Lawler vs Condit2016-01-02W·Sub·R3 · 1:37
- UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson2015-06-06W·KO·R3 · 4:10
- UFC on FOX: Lawler vs Brown2014-07-26NC·NC·R1 · 1:39
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- MMA Fighting
Brian Ortega has addressed the backlash after withdrawing from his UFC 331 lightweight debut against Renato Moicano due to a cut requiring stitches.
- Sherdog
Renato Moicano unloaded on Brian Ortega for withdrawing from their UFC 331 lightweight bout just five days before fight night, characterizing the pullout as a betrayal and the latest in a pattern of…
- MMA Fighting
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