Overview

• Aljamain Sterling defeated Brian Ortega by unanimous decision, 50-45 on all three cards, in a five-round co-main event at 153 pounds.
• The bout was shifted from featherweight after Ortega struggled to make 146 pounds, with a video from Merab Dvalishvili showing an ambulance at the fighter hotel.
• Sterling controlled the striking with a steady jab and heavy leg kicks, then mixed in late takedowns to close out the fight.
• A second-round stoppage for a suspected eye poke was ruled a legal punch by referee Herb Dean, a ruling supported by replays.
• Sterling called out champion Alexander Volkanovski post-fight, while Ortega’s latest weigh-in trouble and 1-4 skid intensified doubts about his future at 145.