Overview

• Sterling beat Ortega by unanimous decision with three 50-45 scorecards at UFC Shanghai.
• The bout was contested at a 153-pound catchweight after Ortega failed to make featherweight.
• Postfight imaging showed a Grade 2 partial tricep tendon tear that is typically treated without surgery and often needs 8 to 12 weeks of recovery.
• Sterling said the injury surfaced late in the fight and that his arm remains significantly swollen.
• He hopes to return to competition by December, with his timeline dependent on healing as he lines up his next featherweight bout.