Brian Ortega

🇲🇽 🇺🇸

(1991-02-21)

Statistics

UFC Record: 8-5 (1 NC)

By Method:

KO/TKO: 3-2
Submission: 4-0
Decision: 1-3

By Elo:

As Favorite: 3-2
As Underdog: 5-3 (1 NC)

By Weight Class:

Featherweight: 8-4 (1 NC)

By Round:

Round 1: 1-1 (1 NC)
Round 2: 1-0
Round 3: 5-1
Round 4: 0-1
Round 5: 1-2

By Type:

Main Event: 2-3
Title Fight: 0-2
Ranked Opponent: 5-5

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: L L W L L

Elo: 3001

Peak Elo: 3278 (2020-10-17)

Avg Opponent Elo: 3053 (#44)

Bonuses: 8 (5 FOTN, 3 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 13m 49s

Total Fight Time: 3h 13m 20s

Avg Time Between Fights: 294 days

Avg Card Placement: 3.1

Current Rankings:

#9 Featherweight

Peak Rankings:

#1 Featherweight

Elo Rating & UFC Rankings

Bout History

2026-03-07
UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2

Brian Ortega (35) 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
L L W L L • 8-5 (1 NC)
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 3001

LIGHTWEIGHT

🇧🇷 Renato Moicano (36)
12-7 • W W W L L
Elo: 3131 • UFC rank: #10

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2025-08-23
UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang

Aljamain Sterling (36) 🇯🇲 🇺🇸
W W L W L • 16-5
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 3140
50

CATCHWEIGHT (153 LB)
DEC
R5
5:00
🤖

🇲🇽 🇺🇸 Brian Ortega (34)
8-4 (1 NC) • L W L L W
Elo: 3085 • UFC rank: #5
45

Shanghai Indoor Stadium
Shanghai
China 🇨🇳

2024-09-14
UFC 306: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili

Diego Lopes (29) 🇧🇷 🇲🇽
L W W W W • 4-1
UFC rank: #13 • Elo: 3098
30

FEATHERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇲🇽 🇺🇸 Brian Ortega (33)
8-3 (1 NC) • W L L W L
Elo: 3218 • UFC rank: #3
27

Sphere
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2024-02-24
UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2

⭐ Brian Ortega (33) 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
L L W L W • 7-3 (1 NC)
UFC rank: #4 • Elo: 3073

FEATHERWEIGHT
SUB
R3
0:58

🇲🇽 Yair Rodriguez (31)
10-3 (1 NC) • W L W W L
Elo: 3242 • UFC rank: #3

Arena CDMX
Mexico City
Mexico 🇲🇽

2022-07-16
UFC on ABC: Ortega vs. Rodríguez

Yair Rodriguez (29) 🇲🇽
L W N W L • 8-2 (1 NC)
UFC rank: #3 • Elo: 3031

FEATHERWEIGHT
TKO
R1
4:11

🇲🇽 🇺🇸 Brian Ortega (31)
7-2 (1 NC) • L W L W W
Elo: 3224 • UFC rank: #2

UBS Arena
Elmont, New York
United States 🇺🇸

2021-09-25
UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega

Alexander Volkanovski (32) 🇦🇺
W W W W W • 9-0
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3448

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

⭐DEC⭐

R5
5:00

🇲🇽 🇺🇸 Brian Ortega (30)
7-1 (1 NC) • W L W W W
Elo: 3278 • UFC rank: #2

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2020-10-17
UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie

Brian Ortega (29) 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
L W W W W • 6-1 (1 NC)
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 3213

FEATHERWEIGHT
DEC
R5
5:00

🇰🇷 Chan Sung Jung (33)
6-2 • L W L W W
Elo: 3086 • UFC rank: #4

du Forum
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

2018-12-08
UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega

⭐ Max Holloway (27) 🇺🇸
W W W W W • 15-3
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3467

FEATHERWEIGHT Title Fight

⭐TKO⭐

R4
5:00

🇲🇽 🇺🇸 Brian Ortega (27)
6-0 (1 NC) • W W W W W
Elo: 3260 • UFC rank: #1

Scotiabank Arena
Toronto
Canada 🇨🇦

2018-03-03
UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya

⭐ Brian Ortega (27) 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
W W W W W • 5-0 (1 NC)
UFC rank: #3 • Elo: 3123

FEATHERWEIGHT
KO
R1
4:44

🇺🇸 Frankie Edgar (36)
16-5-1 • W W L W W
Elo: 3258 • UFC rank: #2

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2017-12-09
UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega

⭐ Brian Ortega (26) 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
W W W W N • 4-0 (1 NC)
UFC rank: #6 • Elo: 2992

FEATHERWEIGHT

⭐SUB⭐

R2
3:22

🇺🇸 Cub Swanson (34)
10-3 • L W W W W
Elo: 3104 • UFC rank: #4

Save Mart Center
Fresno, California
United States 🇺🇸

2017-07-29
UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2

Brian Ortega (26) 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
W W W N • 3-0 (1 NC)
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 2902

FEATHERWEIGHT

⭐SUB⭐

R3
2:59

🇧🇷 Renato Moicano (28)
3-0 • W W W
Elo: 2865 • UFC rank: #9

Honda Center
Anaheim, California
United States 🇺🇸

2016-06-04
UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2

Brian Ortega (25) 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
W W N • 2-0 (1 NC)
UFC rank: #12 • Elo: 2831

FEATHERWEIGHT
KO
R3
4:40

🇺🇸 Clay Guida (34)
12-10 • L W L W L
Elo: 2728

The Forum
Inglewood, California
United States 🇺🇸

2016-01-02
UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit

Brian Ortega (24) 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
W N • 1-0 (1 NC)
Elo: 2726

FEATHERWEIGHT
SUB
R3
1:37

🇧🇷 Diego Brandao (28)
6-3 • W L L W W
Elo: 2744

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2015-06-06
UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson

Brian Ortega (24) 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
N • 0-0 (1 NC)
Elo: 2552

FEATHERWEIGHT

⭐TKO⭐

R3
4:10

🇧🇷 Thiago Tavares (30)
9-5-1 • W W L W W
Elo: 2880

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States 🇺🇸

2014-07-26
UFC on Fox: Lawler vs Brown

Brian Ortega (23) 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
Debut 🔰
Elo: 2552

FEATHERWEIGHT
NC
R1
1:39

🇺🇸 Mike De La Torre (27)
0-1 • L
Elo: 2575

SAP Center
San Jose, California
United States 🇺🇸