“Biggest all-Mexican fight in UFC” – Brian Ortega hypes up his battle against Yair Rodriguez at UFC Long Island
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UFC Fight Night is returning to Long Island and the fans will get to witness one of the best matchups in the featherweight division. Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez will headline the card and there is a lot of excitement surrounding this featherweight fight. “T-City” talks about the magnitude of this upcoming fight in a recent interview.
UFC Fight Night is back on the road after two continuous events at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. UFC Long Island is set to take place at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York. The fight night is to be headlined by one of the most exciting featherweights matchups in Brian Ortega vs Yair Rodriguez. Two amazing fighters stylistically, and also two of the best in the division. It doesn’t get better than this.
Another significant fact about the main event of UFC Long Island is that both the featherweights are Mexicans. Rodriguez is one of the biggest stars fighting out of Mexico, and Ortega comes of Mexican descent as both his parents are from Mexico. T-City recently spoke to TMZ Sports to promote his upcoming fight and spoke about the fact that this could be the biggest All-Mexican fight in the history of the promotion.
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Brian Ortega vows to put on a show against Yair Rodriguez in Long Island
“After a long time, us Mexicans are on the map. Mexico is on the map,” said Brian about the upcoming bout against Rodriguez. “I am in the current stage of my life in MMA where I’m producing those fights and this is one of the biggest Mexican on Mexican fights to ever be on UFC. And to be that Mexican and he is the other one, it is an honor, and it is a privilege. I can’t wait to give the world a show.”
Ortega is one of the finest fighters in the UFC and has a record of 15-2 as a professional mixed martial artist. The fighter has only lost two times and both of his losses have come against the champions of the featherweight division. Ortega first came close to becoming the champ twice and will once again make a charge to another title shot.
Rodriguez, on the other hand, is also one of the most technically gifted fighters in the promotion. His only defeats in the UFC are against Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar. It will be an amazing main event at UFC Long Islan this weekend.
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