Sterling was really feeling himself in the third frame. The 36-year-old landed his jab at will, scored another low kick knockdown, and finished with a spinning elbow like the one Lerone Murphy KO’d Aaron Pico with at UFC 319 last weekend.

In Saturday's UFC Fight Night 257 co-main event, Sterling (20-5 MMA, 17-5 UFC) cruised to a unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) win over Ortega (16-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) at Shanghai Indoor Stadium in Shanghai.

Former featherweight title challenger Brian Ortega is not out of his co-main event bout against Aljamain Sterling despite reports.

Aljamain Sterling returned to the win column on Saturday at UFC Shanghai, and he believes a title shot is in sight. After suffering a disappointing loss to Movsar Evloev last time out at UFC 310, Aljamain Sterling was hoping to return to the win column against Brian Ortega at UFC Shanghai.

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The South Bay star spent part of the year “traveling to train” ahead of Saturday’s Shanghai showdown with the former bantamweight champion.

Aljamain Sterling has hit out at a “kind of stupid” rule in his UFC Shanghai fight with Brian Ortega this weekend. On Saturday (23 August), Sterling will face Ortega in a five-round co-main event, as each man looks to push towards a featherweight title shot.

Brian Ortega (16-4) and Aljamain Sterling (24-5) will now fight at the 155-pound lightweight limit, after both fighters weighed in at 153 pounds on Friday.