Brian Ortega needed to battle Diego Lopes so followers might get the reply on who would emerge victorious.
Ortega has seen loads of fights get scrapped that by no means ended up getting rebooked. One of many largest what-if fights of all time is Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson. So, after Ortega was pulled from his UFC 303 bout towards Lopes, he knew his subsequent battle needed to be towards the Brazilian.
“I already knew this battle was it. Based mostly on the truth that me not with the ability to make the battle, him profitable towards Ige, was an enormous query. If he doesn’t do that tonight then there is no such thing as a future when it comes to combating him. Meaning it’s achieved. He received in order that assured that. That’s once they pushed for me to battle him,” Brian Ortega mentioned at UFC 306 media day.
“However, I wasn’t reluctant in any respect. I’ve a fireplace lit beneath me due to what occurred earlier than. I bought to do the entire weigh-ins, bought to face off. We went via the motions and we began the story however we by no means completed it. Saturday we end it lastly. I don’t wish to go away anybody with any doubt or something of how this story ends,” Ortega mentioned.
It’s attention-grabbing that Brian Ortega needed this battle again towards Diego Lopes. It’s a powerful bout and one which has ‘T-Metropolis’ at present listed the underdog. Nevertheless, Ortega has full confidence he’ll get his hand raised on Saturday night time.
