Brian Ortega (16-5, 11) was born in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, U.S. on February 21, 1991. At the age of 19 years on April 25, 2010, he made his professional MMA debut against John Sassone, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On July 26, 2014, 23-year old Brian Ortega made his UFC debut on his 9th professional MMA fight at UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. Brown against a 27-year old Mike De La Torre but lost the fight via no contest.
Ortega's last fight was a 5-round unanimous decision loss to Aljamain Sterling at UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang at age 34 on August 23, 2025. He is on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought 14 times in the UFC, and has a record of 8 wins, 5 losses and 1 no-contest in the promotion.
Some of Brian Ortega's best fights have been against Frankie Edgar, Cub Swanson, Thiago Tavares, Clay Guida, Yair Rodríguez, Renato Moicano and Diego Brandão.
Ortega has 5 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22  | Aug 23, 2025 34 years, 6 months 16-5 (11) | 36 years 24-5 (11) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | LOSS |
21  | Sep 14, 2024 33 years, 6 months 16-4 (11) | 29 years, 8 months 25-6 (22) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
20  | Feb 24, 2024 33 years 16-3 (11) | 31 years, 4 months 19-4 (13) | UFC | FT | 3 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke |
19 | Jul 16, 2022 31 years, 4 months 15-3 (10) | 29 years, 9 months 17-3 (11) | UFC | FT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Shoulder injury |
18  | Sep 25, 2021 30 years, 7 months 15-2 (10) | 32 years, 11 months 22-1 (14) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | LOSS For UFC featherweight title |
17  | Oct 18, 2020 29 years, 7 months 15-1 (10) | 33 years, 7 months 16-5 (13) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | WIN |
16  | Dec 8, 2018 27 years, 9 months 14-1 (10) | 27 years 19-3 (11) | UFC | FT | 4 | TKO | LOSS Doctor stoppage For UFC featherweight title |
15  | Mar 3, 2018 27 years 14-0 (10) | 36 years, 4 months 22-5-1 (10) | UFC | FT | 1 | KO | WIN Punch |
14  | Dec 9, 2017 26 years, 9 months 13-0 (9) | 34 years, 1 months 25-7 (15) | UFC | FT | 2 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke |
13  | Jul 29, 2017 26 years, 5 months 12-0 (8) | 28 years, 2 months 11-0-1 (5) | UFC | FT | 3 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke |
12  | Jun 4, 2016 25 years, 3 months 11-0 (7) | 34 years, 5 months 32-16 (19) | UFC | FT | 3 | KO | WIN Knee |
11  | Jan 2, 2016 24 years, 10 months 10-0 (6) | 28 years, 7 months 20-10 (16) | UFC | FT | 3 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke |
10  | Jun 6, 2015 24 years, 3 months 9-0 (5) | 30 years, 6 months 19-5-1 (15) | UFC | FT | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches |
9  | Jul 26, 2014 23 years, 5 months 8-0 (4) | 27 years, 10 months 12-4 (11) | UFC | FT | 1 | NC | NC Overturned |
8 | Jan 24, 2014 22 years, 11 months 8-0 (4) | Keoni Koch | FT | 5 | SD | WIN Won RFA featherweight title | |
7 | Aug 6, 2013 22 years, 5 months 7-0 (4) | Jordan Rinaldi | FT | 3 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | |
6 | May 4, 2013 22 years, 2 months 6-0 (3) | Thomas Guimond | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | |
5 | Mar 12, 2011 20 years 5-0 (2) | Carlos Garces | FT | 5 | UD | WIN | |
4 | Jan 15, 2011 19 years, 10 months 4-0 (2) | Chris Mercado | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
3 | Jul 24, 2010 19 years, 5 months 3-0 (2) | Vincent Martinez | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
2 | Jun 27, 2010 19 years, 4 months 2-0 (1) | Brady Harrison | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
1 | Apr 25, 2010 19 years, 2 months 1-0 (1) | John Sassone | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke |
