The undefeated black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brian Ortega entered this fight with a perfect record of 9-0-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.20 featherweight in the world. He fought just once in 2015 beating Thiago Tavares (=Tavares vs Ortega).
His opponent, Diego Brandao (black belt in Bjj as well), has a mma record of 20-10-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.32 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive losses between 2013 and 2014, against Dustin Poirier (=Poirier vs Brandao) and Conor McGregor (=McGregor vs Brandao), but then he has won twice defeating Jim Hettes and Katsunori Kikuno (=Brandao vs Kikuno). Ortega vs Brandao is on the undercard of Robbie Lawler vs Carlos Condit – UFC 195. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: UFC 195: Lawler vs Condit
Date: 2016-01-02
Where: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: featherweight (145 lbs, 66 kg)
UFC 195 fight card (main fights):
Robbie Lawler vs Carlos Condit
Andrei Arlovski vs Stipe Miocic
Lorenz Larkin vs Albert Tumenov
Brian Ortega vs Diego Brandao
Ortega’s previous fight: Thiago Tavares vs Brian Ortega
Brandao’s previous fight: Diego Brandao vs Katsunori Kikuno
Ortega’s next fight: Brian Ortega vs Clay Guida
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Video:
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(Free embeddable highlights video hosted on Youtube)