Brian Ortega hints at the possibility of competing at welterweight to settle his beef with an undisclosed opponent
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Brian Ortega is going to compete in a title match against the featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 266. These two coached in the most recent season of “The Ultimate Fighter,” and now they are going to settle it out inside the octagon.
Ortega has his eyes set on the featherweight gold, but he hinted at the idea of putting up some weight and taking on an unknown foe at 185 pounds. Ortega stated that he can get really big with proper training and diet programs, people underestimate his size, and he will chase that opponent after defeating Volkanovski.
He said, “There’s other people in other weight divisions that I don’t like, that I wouldn’t mind fighting. I think that they know. There’s only one guy that’s talking s—t about me, a 170-pounder. He already has a fight lined up, but still. There’s other fights that, people don’t realize how big I can get. I’m 5’10, 5’11, walking around at 185lb, so 170 is not far away from me.”
“I choose not to make his name relevant until he signs to fight. I already called his ass out,” Ortega said. (h/t Middle Easy.com)
“I go to fight. I don’t try to skim away with a decision,” Brian Ortega claims he is not a decision fighter
Brian Ortega claims he is not a decision fighter, and unlike Volknovski he actually participates in interesting fights that people buy tickets for, Ortega said, “Think about it, I fought Max once and lost, and people are talking about it still, just the level of greatness he had and the level of heart I had, and the show that I gave the people. (Volkanovski) fought him twice and no one’s talking about it, and beat him twice.”
He continued, “These are just facts. When you look at the PPV numbers with me and Max, we sold more. That’s what I mean, there’s just certain things to where we have to realize as fighters, that we’re not just fighters, we’re entertainers. Fans love me because they know I entertain, they know when I go in there, I go to fight. I don’t try to skim away with a decision, versus my opponent who plays it safe.” (h/t Middle Easy.com)
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