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Brian Ortega

16-5-0 (1 NC)
35y·5' 8"·69" reach·Switch
1:17
Control / 15m
time on top
-2.54
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
88%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.7
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 14 recorded bouts, 742 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 71%Body 18%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 7%Ground 5%
And how often each lands
Head31%
Body73%
Legs81%
Distance35%
Clinch75%
Ground67%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

8Wins3 KO · 4 SUB · 1 DEC
5Losses2 KO · 3 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

74%
Torre
6%
Tavares
14%
Brandao
0%
Guida
0%
Moicano
6%
Swanson
1%
Edgar
12%
Holloway
4%
Jung
4%
Volkanovski
57%
Rodriguez
49%
Rodriguez
1%
Lopes
1%
Sterling

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R12.90100%14
R23.84133%11
R35.38186%10
R43.20110%4
R54.73163%3

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.84
Strikes absorbed / min6.38
Striking accuracyof everything thrown37%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed49%
Takedowns / 15 min0.93
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land25%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed54%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.9
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together10.22
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 14 bouts13.8m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

35.6%
Landed at range
1,695 thrown over 13 bouts
35.3%
Expected
against these opponents
+0.3pp
Gap
above expected
90.8%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LAljamain SterlingAug 2025U-DEC0:08 ctrl55 str0 td
Significant strikes
55 of 174 · 32%
Total strikes
100 of 225 · 44%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 55%Body 36%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 0%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
LDiego LopesSep 2024U-DEC0:06 ctrl63 str0 td
Significant strikes
63 of 195 · 32%
Total strikes
69 of 201 · 34%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 83%Body 6%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 2%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
WYair RodriguezFeb 2024SUB R35:21 ctrl28 str3 td
Significant strikes
28 of 73 · 38%
Total strikes
47 of 104 · 45%
Takedowns
3 of 6 · 50%
Control
5:21
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 0:58
Arm Triangle From Side Control
Target
Head 93%Body 7%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 46%Clinch 7%Ground 46%
This fight on UFCStats
LYair RodriguezJul 2022KO R12:24 ctrl22 str1 td
Significant strikes
22 of 35 · 63%
Total strikes
26 of 39 · 67%
Takedowns
1 of 5 · 20%
Control
2:24
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:11
to Shoulder injury
Target
Head 82%Body 14%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 68%Clinch 32%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LAlexander VolkanovskiSep 2021U-DEC0:54 ctrl88 str2 td
Significant strikes
88 of 234 · 38%
Total strikes
101 of 250 · 40%
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
0:54
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 67%Body 23%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 7%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WChan Sung JungOct 2020U-DEC0:57 ctrl127 str3 td
Significant strikes
127 of 212 · 60%
Total strikes
129 of 214 · 60%
Takedowns
3 of 10 · 30%
Control
0:57
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 50%Body 17%Legs 32%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 4%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
LMax HollowayDec 2018DOC R42:25 ctrl110 str2 td
Significant strikes
110 of 292 · 38%
Total strikes
112 of 294 · 38%
Takedowns
2 of 11 · 18%
Control
2:25
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Doctor's stoppage, R4 5:00
Target
Head 79%Body 15%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 8%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WFrankie EdgarMar 2018KO R10:02 ctrl25 str0 td
Significant strikes
25 of 76 · 33%
Total strikes
25 of 77 · 32%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:44
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 84%Body 12%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 68%Clinch 24%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
WCub SwansonDec 2017SUB R20:30 ctrl24 str0 td
Significant strikes
24 of 70 · 34%
Total strikes
24 of 70 · 34%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:30
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 3:22
Guillotine Choke Standing
Target
Head 50%Body 38%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 17%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRenato MoicanoJul 2017SUB R30:00 ctrl65 str0 td
Significant strikes
65 of 220 · 30%
Total strikes
65 of 220 · 30%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 2:59
Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard
Target
Head 75%Body 22%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WClay GuidaJun 2016KO R30:03 ctrl62 str0 td
Significant strikes
62 of 189 · 33%
Total strikes
62 of 189 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:40
Knee to Head At Distance
Target
Head 84%Body 15%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 2%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
WDiego BrandaoJan 2016SUB R31:41 ctrl29 str0 td
Significant strikes
29 of 110 · 26%
Total strikes
33 of 114 · 29%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:41
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 1:37
Triangle Choke On Ground
Target
Head 62%Body 38%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 3%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WThiago TavaresJun 2015KO R30:54 ctrl41 str0 td
Significant strikes
41 of 101 · 41%
Total strikes
56 of 117 · 48%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:54
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:10
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 95%Body 2%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 54%Clinch 12%Ground 34%
This fight on UFCStats
NCMike de la TorreJul 2014NC R11:13 ctrl3 str1 td
Significant strikes
3 of 6 · 50%
Total strikes
5 of 8 · 63%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
1:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Overturned, R1 1:39
Failed Drug Test by Ortega
Target
Head 33%Body 67%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 33%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.