Ortega vs Edgar

Who won Ortega vs Edgar?

Brian Ortega beat Frankie Edgar by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC 222, on Saturday 3rd March 2018 at T-Mobile Arena 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 Edgar stats

Brian Ortega stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 13 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Frankie Edgar made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Brian Ortega's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Brian Ortega's UFC record stood at 8-4-0, while Frankie Edgar's came in at 18-11-1.

The stats suggested Edgar had an advantage in power over Ortega, with a 32% knock out percentage over Ortega's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ortega had a massive advantage over Edgar, boasting a 54% submission rate over Edgar's 18%.

Brian Ortega was the younger man by 9 years, at 34 years old.

Ortega had a height advantage of 2 inches over Edgar. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Ortega was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 9 months later than Edgar, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 50 less professional rounds, 59 to Edgar's 109.

Ortega vs Edgar form

Brian Ortega had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Diego Lopes at UFC 306 on 14th September 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Sphere, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by 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.

Before that, he had been defeated 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.

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.

Frankie Edgar had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Chris Gutierrez at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Marlon Vera at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Cory Sandhagen at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Pedro Munhoz at UFC Vegas 7 on 22nd August 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Chan Sung Jung at UFC on ESPN+ 23 on 21st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Sajik Arena, Busan, South Korea.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Brian Ortega had last fought 5 months and 26 days ago, while Frankie Edgar's last outing had been 2 years and 4 months ago.

Ortega's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Edgar's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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