Overview

• Aljamain Sterling beat Brian Ortega by unanimous decision with three 50-45 scorecards, outlanding him 124-55 in significant strikes and securing his first takedown in the fourth round.
• The fight was moved to a 153-pound catchweight after Ortega missed weight and was reportedly hospitalized, a scare that fueled new questions from analysts like John McCarthy about his motivation and future at 145.
• Sterling said his arm went numb after a round-four spinning elbow and that he struggled to keep it raised, later showing the elbow damage on social media.
• Following the win, Sterling publicly campaigned for a featherweight title shot against Alexander Volkanovski.
• Elsewhere on the card, Johnny Walker stopped Mingyang Zhang by TKO in the main event, and Uran Satybaldiev earned a Performance of the Night with a rare Ezekiel choke, becoming just the fourth UFC fighter to win with that submission.