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UFC featherweight contender Yair Rodriguez claims the UFC plans to give him the next featherweight title shot if he can get past Brian Ortega. Rodriguez will make his return to the Octagon this Saturday in the UFC Long Island main event. He hasn’…
UFC featherweight contender Yair Rodriguez claims the UFC plans to give him the next featherweight title shot if he can get past Brian Ortega. Rodriguez will make his return to the Octagon this Saturday in the UFC Long Island main event. He hasn’t fought since his five-round war with former champion Max Holloway last November,…
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Ahead of his potential UFC featherweight title-eliminator against Yair Rodriguez this weekend at UFC Fight Night Long Island, two-time title challenger, Brian Ortega has insisted that he is a truly “dangerous” opponent for division champion, Alexander Volkanovski – as he targets a title re-run. Ortega, who has challenged both Max Holloway and Volkanoski unsuccessfully for […]
Ahead of his potential UFC featherweight title-eliminator against Yair Rodriguez this weekend at UFC Fight Night Long Island, two-time title challenger, Brian Ortega has insisted that he is a truly “dangerous” opponent for division champion, Alexander Volkanovski – as he targets a title re-run.
Ortega, who has challenged both Max Holloway and Volkanoski unsuccessfully for undisputed featherweight gold in the past, is slated to return this weekend in the main event of UFC Fight Night Long Island – tackling Chihuahua striking ace, Rodriguez.
The outing will come as Ortega’s first since headlining UFC 266 back in September, where he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Volkanovski, once more absorbing significant punishment in a title outing.
However, credited for his performance against the New South Wales technician, Ortega almost managed to lock up both guillotine and triangle choke variant submissions against Volkanovski – coming arguably as close as possible to finishing the dominant featherweight best, without landing a win.
Previewing his featherweight showdown with Rodriguez this weekend, Ortega insisted he is a dangerous opponent for Volkanovski as he attempts to land a title rematch.
“I would love that personally because I feel like from what the world’s seeing is he’s won the belt, he’s defended the belt, and the one person that gave him the hardest time was me,” Brian Ortega told Inside Fighting during a recent interview. “(I) put him in the most danger he’s ever been in his career. …”
“I just put him in the most danger and people noticed that, people saw,” Brian Ortega explained. “I’m just a deadly opponent for him. Obviously, I’m always gonna train to win, to fight this guy and beat this guy. I believe I have the tools and capabilities to do so if I play my cards right. So it’s all about seeing how I can play my cards right and going in there and finishing this man (Yair Rodriguez).”
Without a victory since October 2020, Ortega managed to turn in a one-sided unanimous decision win over Chan Sung Jung on ‘Fight Island’ in his first Octagon appearance in over two years.
UFC featherweight Josh Emmett believes that his place at the front of the title contention queue should be safe no matter the result of Yair Rodriguez’s fight against Brian Ortega. At UFC Austin last month, Emmett staked his claim for his first s…
UFC featherweight Josh Emmett believes that his place at the front of the title contention queue should be safe no matter the result of Yair Rodriguez’s fight against Brian Ortega. At UFC Austin last month, Emmett staked his claim for his first shot at the 145-pound gold in a tight five-round affair against Calvin Kattar….
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Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez are set to square off in the main event of the July 16th card in Long Island, New York. The matchup headlines two of the best fighters in the featherweight division, and looks to be a title eliminator for both. The fight will be a five round fight, since it […]
Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez are set to square off in the main event of the July 16th card in Long Island, New York.
The matchup headlines two of the best fighters in the featherweight division, and looks to be a title eliminator for both. The fight will be a five round fight, since it is a main event. It should be a really god fight between two guys that have different fighting styles.
Both Rodriguez and Ortega are on the fringe of possibly getting a title fight in their future. Ortega had most recently had a title fight against Alexander Volkanovski that unfortunately for him, didn’t go his way. Ortega had come very close to submitting Volkanovski a couple of times in that fight, but couldn’t get ‘Volk’ to tap.
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Rodriguez is looking to get his first title shot of his career. He is known as one of the best strikers in the entire division and went toe to toe with Max Holloway, in a fight that saw Rodriguez suffer from a gnarly foot injury halfway through the fight. A win over Ortega could prove to be the win that gets Rodriguez his first title shot.
Depending on what Volkanovski would like to do next may be what dictates who Rodriguez fights next as well. There have been rumblings of a possible move too Lightweight to challenge for the championship if he beats Holloway again. However, if Holloway gets a win over Volkanovski, we could see a fourth fight between the two.
If that is the case, a fight between the winner of Calvin Kattar and Josh Emmett would be in the cards for whoever comes out victorious of this bout.
Who do you have winning this matchup?
UFC featherweight contender Brian Ortega is stuck in Mexico after a run-in with the cops that resulted in his license being taken from him. Ortega last fought in the UFC Octagon at UFC 266, falling short against Alexander Volkanovski via a unanimous decision in arguably one of the best fights of 2021. A fight between…
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UFC featherweight contender Brian Ortega is stuck in Mexico after a run-in with the cops that resulted in his license being taken from him.
Ortega last fought in the UFC Octagon at UFC 266, falling short against Alexander Volkanovski via a unanimous decision in arguably one of the best fights of 2021. A fight between him and Yair Rodriguez is reportedly in the works for later this year.
But MMA is more than likely one of the last things on Ortega’s mind at the moment. In a recent post to social media, he revealed that he was involved in some sort of undisclosed police incident this week and isn’t able to return to the U.S. after his license was taken by officers.
“Bitch ass corrupt cops wanted my money I told them fuck you so they took my license so I won’t be able to get back home,” Ortega shared on his Instagram story.
While Ortega’s activity in the UFC has been lacking in recent years, he remains one of the top featherweights in the promotion. Before the loss to Volkanovski, he earned big wins over the likes of ‘The Korean Zombie’ and Frankie Edgar in the cage.
There is no official update on Ortega’s whereabouts and status of returning stateside, but MMA News will keep you updated with the latest developments.
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UFC featherweight contender, Brian Ortega has detailed footage of an apparent police stop in a recent visit to Mexico, claiming responding officers refused to issue him back his driving license without payment. Ortega, a native of Los Angeles, California – has spoken openly and proudly of his Mexican heritage, however, in a recent visit to […]
UFC featherweight contender, Brian Ortega has detailed footage of an apparent police stop in a recent visit to Mexico, claiming responding officers refused to issue him back his driving license without payment.
Ortega, a native of Los Angeles, California – has spoken openly and proudly of his Mexican heritage, however, in a recent visit to the country, footage posted on social media appears to show Ortega involved in a traffic stop – with Ortega claiming responding officers refused to give him back his license without receiving money from him.
“Brian Ortega told these corrupt cops in Mexico that wanted his money to f*ck off, they took his license so now he won’t be able to leave,” Twitter user, Anthony Romero tweeted. “I hope the @ufc can help him out somehow.”
In the tweet, Romero accompanies video footage taken from Ortega’s official Instagram account, with Ortega, apparently located in Sonora, posting the caption, “B*tch ass corrup (sic) cops wanted my money I told them f*ck off so they took my license so I won’t be able to get back home.”
In his most recent Octagon appearance, Ortega headlined UFC 266 back in September in his second attempt at securing undisputed featherweight gold – dropping a unanimous decision loss to current champion, Alexander Volkanovski in a Fight of the Year contender.
Ortega had managed an impressive, one-sided victory over incoming UFC 273 headliner, the #4 ranked, Chan Sung Jung in his most recent victory – back in October 2020.
Whilst a return opponent for Ortega has yet to be booked at the time of publication, the promotion, as per fellow division contender, Yair Rodriguez are working on pairing the two of them together for a high-profile matchup this summer.
“I had discussed with Brian (Ortega), it was an unwritten agreement, that we would not fight unless it was necessary,” Yair Rodriguez said. “Unfortunately, we find ourselves in a position where we have to fight against each other to reach the goal that we have, to become world champions.”
“I am happy to have the opportunity to face a great warrior like Brian Ortega, I am happy that more doors are opening thanks to the work that we have been able to show every time we get into the Octagon,” Yair Rodriguez continued. “And there is talk that the fight [between us], it could happen in mid-June or July, we know that anything can happen, those are the talks, nothing has been signed.”
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