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Brian Ortega

“T-City”

Lightweight

United States2-fight losing streak

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Next: vs Dan Hooker · UFC Fight Night · Main card Sat, Nov 21 · 1:00 PM ET

16WINS

5LOSSES

0DRAWS

3KO/TKO

8SUB

5DEC

Pro MMA recordSource: UFC.com athlete profile (official)Checked 2026-10-22

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Tale of the tape

Age: 35 · born Feb 21, 1991 UFC.com
Height: 5′8″ 173 cm UFC.com
Reach: 69″ 175 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 39″ 99 cm UFC.com
Stance: Switch UFCStats
Weight class: Lightweight UFC.com
Fighting style: Jiu-Jitsu UFC.com
Team / gym: Team Ortega UFC.com
Born: Carson, United States UFC.com
Fights out of / flag: United States UFC.com
UFC debut: Jul. 26, 2014 UFC.com
1st-round finishes: 4 UFC.com

UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)

UFC career stats

37%Striking accuracy742 of 1987 landed

2%Takedown accuracy1⚑ of 48 landed

3.84Sig. strikes landedper min

6.38Sig. strikes absorbedper min

49%Striking defense

0.93Takedownsper 15 min

55%Takedown defense

0.93Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.39Knockdownsper 15 min

13:49Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing657 89%

Clinch49 7%

Ground36 5%

Sig. strikes by target

Head528 71%

Body136 18%

Leg78 11%

⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.

Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22

UFC fight history 14 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Aljamain Sterling	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang	Aug 23, 2025	↗
L	Diego Lopes	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC	Sep 14, 2024	↗
W	Yair Rodriguez	Submission	3	0:58	UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2	Feb 24, 2024	↗
L	Yair Rodriguez	KO/TKO	1	4:11	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez	Jul 16, 2022	↗
L	Alexander Volkanovski	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega	Sep 25, 2021	↗
W	Chan Sung Jung	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie	Oct 17, 2020	↗
L	Max Holloway	TKO - Doctor's Stoppage	4	5:00	UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega	Dec 8, 2018	↗
W	Frankie Edgar	KO/TKO	1	4:44	UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya	Mar 3, 2018	↗
W	Cub Swanson	Submission	2	3:22	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega	Dec 9, 2017	↗
W	Renato Moicano	Submission	3	2:59	UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2	Jul 29, 2017	↗
W	Clay Guida	KO/TKO	3	4:40	UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2	Jun 4, 2016	↗
W	Diego Brandao	Submission	3	1:37	UFC 195: Lawler vs Condit	Jan 2, 2016	↗
W	Thiago Tavares	KO/TKO	3	4:10	UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson	Jun 6, 2015	↗
NC	Mike de la Torre	Overturned	1	1:39	UFC on FOX: Lawler vs Brown	Jul 26, 2014	↗

UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.