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.

Aljamain Sterling cruised to victory in lopsided fashion in his fight against Brian Ortega, but it turns out disaster nearly struck late in the five-round co-main event. Following his unanimous decision win where he swept every judges’ scorecard,

Brian Ortega’s performance against Aljamain Sterling at UFC Shanghai seemed to lack motivation and raised several questions about his mindset.