Fighter profile

Brian Ortega

“T-City”

Catch Weight · UFC record 8-5 (1 NC) · 14 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 23 Aug 2025

Distance StrikerSubmission Hunter

Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)67

Power78

Striking defense60

Takedown defense67

WrestlingProvisional measure68

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (14 detailed fights; as of Sat 23 Aug 2025). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: ESTABLISHED83.8

CardioEvidence: ESTABLISHED80.8

Source: R1 public_candidate_display · status: Research candidate · as of Sat 17 Oct 2026. Separate frozen research scale; fights after October 17, 2026 are not reflected.

About these ratings

Ratings are domain-specific descriptive scales. Equal point differences across different domains do not imply equal absolute skill differences.

Striking (offense) · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 striking-offense score built from recorded significant strikes landed per round, significant-strike accuracy and significant-strike differential.
Power · Ratings V2: Recorded knockdown and KO/TKO-win threat under the Ratings V2 contract (knockdowns per round, KO/TKO win rate); not literal measured punching force.
Striking defense · Ratings V2: Recorded strike avoidance (striking defense) and bounded absorption (strikes absorbed per round) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Takedown defense · Ratings V2: Recorded defense against incoming takedown attempts (takedown defense rate) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Wrestling · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 wrestling-offense score: recorded takedowns landed per round and takedown accuracy. Not ground control or complete grappling.
Chin · R1 research scale: Exposure-adjusted recorded knockdown resistance. This is not a direct biological measurement of chin, recovery, or injury resistance.
Cardio · R1 research scale: Recorded later-round striking activity and effectiveness retention. This is not a direct physiological fitness measurement.

Ratings V2 scores follow each fighter's latest recorded state; R1 research-scale scores are frozen through 17 Oct 2026. Recovery is separate metadata, not a rating. No combined rating exists.

Profile

Height: 173 cm (5'8")
Reach: 175 cm (5'9")
Stance: Switch
Age: 35

Last 3: L W L (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

14 detailed UFC fights · 42 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 23 Aug 2025; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed17.7significant, per round

Strikes absorbed29.4per round

Striking differential-11.7per round

Takedown attempts1.14per round

Takedown defense54.5%of attempts stopped

Finish rate87.5%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 17.7
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 29.4
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): -11.7
Striking accuracy: 37.3%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 49.3%
Knockdowns per round: 0.12
Target: head / body / leg: 71.2% / 18.3% / 10.5%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 88.5% / 6.6% / 4.9%

Per-round figures divide recorded totals by rounds with statistics. Shares are of significant strikes landed.

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 1.14
Takedowns landed per round: 0.29
Takedown accuracy: 25.0%
Takedown defense: 54.5%
Control time per round: 0:24
Submission attempts per round: 0.29
Reversals per round: 0.05

Attempts and landed takedowns are counted separately; accuracy is landed ÷ attempted.

Outcomes and durability

UFC record (W-L-D, NC): 8-5-0, 1 NC
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 87.5%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 3 · 4 · 1
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 2 · 0 · 3
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 5 / 2
Average fight time: 14:45 (over 13 bouts)

Results as recorded by UFCStats. Fight time is elapsed time (completed rounds plus ending time) and includes draws and no-contests. These are outcomes, not biological measurements.

UFC fight history

Brian Ortega — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 23 Aug 2025	Aljamain Sterling	L	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang
Sat 14 Sep 2024	Diego Lopes	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC
Sat 24 Feb 2024	Yair Rodriguez	W	SUB Arm Triangle	R3 0:58	UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
Sat 16 Jul 2022	Yair Rodriguez	L	KO/TKO	R1 4:11	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez
Sat 25 Sep 2021	Alexander Volkanovski	L	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega

Show all 14 UFC fights

Brian Ortega — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 17 Oct 2020	Chan Sung Jung	W	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie
Sat 8 Dec 2018	Max Holloway	L	KO/TKO	R4 5:00	UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega
Sat 3 Mar 2018	Frankie Edgar	W	KO/TKO Punch	R1 4:44	UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya
Sat 9 Dec 2017	Cub Swanson	W	SUB Guillotine Choke	R2 3:22	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega
Sat 29 Jul 2017	Renato Moicano	W	SUB Guillotine Choke	R3 2:59	UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2
Sat 4 Jun 2016	Clay Guida	W	KO/TKO Knee	R3 4:40	UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2
Sat 2 Jan 2016	Diego Brandao	W	SUB Triangle Choke	R3 1:37	UFC 195: Lawler vs Condit
Sat 6 Jun 2015	Thiago Tavares	W	KO/TKO Punch	R3 4:10	UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson
Sat 26 Jul 2014	Mike de la Torre	NC	Overturned	R1 1:39	UFC on FOX: Lawler vs Brown

Compare with another fighter