Brian Ortega remains a key figure in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s casting decisions at 145 pounds, even though he has but two wins to show for his efforts in the past six years.
The longtime featherweight contender will put divisional upstart Diego Lopes to the test in a featured UFC 306 attraction on Sept. 14 at The Sphere in Las Vegas. Ortega enters the cage having compiled an 8-3 record since he joined the UFC roster in 2014. The 33-year-old Californian last suited up at UFC Fight Night 237, where he put away “The Ultimate Fighter Latin America” Season 1 winner Yair Rodriguez with an arm-triangle choke in the third round of their Feb.