Ortega vs Lopes

Who won Ortega vs Lopes?

Brian Ortega will face the challenge of Diego Lopes during the main card of UFC 306, on Saturday 14th September 2024 at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Ortega vs Lopes stats

Brian Ortega stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Diego Lopes made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

Diego Lopes marked his 5th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Brian Ortega's UFC record stood at 8-3-0, while Diego Lopes' came in at 4-1-0.

The stats suggested Lopes had a large advantage in power over Ortega, boasting a 40% knock out percentage over Ortega's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ortega had a slight advantage over Lopes, with a 50% submission rate over Lopes' 48%.

Brian Ortega was the older man by 4 years, at 33 years old.

Lopes had a height advantage of 3 inches over Ortega. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Ortega was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Lopes, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 56 to Lopes' 60.

Ortega vs Lopes form

Brian Ortega had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Yair Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 on 24th February 2024 by submission in the 3rd round at Arena CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico.

Previous to that, he had lost to Yair Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Chan Sung Jung at UFC Fight Island 6 on 17th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had been defeated by Max Holloway at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Lopes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Dan Ige at UFC 303 on 29th June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Sodiq Yusuff at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Pat Sabatini at UFC 295 on 11th November 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Gavin Tucker at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

He had lost to Movsar Evloev at UFC 288 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Diego Lopes had been fighting more than Brian Ortega.

Going to this contest, Brian Ortega had last fought 6 months and 22 days ago, while Diego Lopes' last outing had been 2 months and 17 days ago.

Ortega's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Lopes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What time did Ortega vs Lopes start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:10 AM UTC , which was 11:10 PM EST or 8:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Ortega vs Lopes?

Brian Ortega was a 13/8 (+160) underdog going into the contest, while Diego Lopes made his way into the ring at 12/25 (-210) with oddsmakers.