Brian Ortega Details The Divine Intervention That Led To His Short Notice Fight vs Diego Lopes At UFC303

INTERNATIONAL FIGHT WEEK IS HERE!

The Spinnin Backlist boys were lucky enough to interview UFC Featherweight star and two-time UFC title challenger Brian Ortega before his co-main event slot against UFC rising star Diego Lopes. He told us his firsthand account of how this fight came together on short notice and how he came to be one of the four guys who saved the international fight week PPV card with McGregor having to pull out due to injury. 

He was in Houston with his wife and randomly ran into Dana White before he was about to give a speech and Hunter Campbell (head UFC matchmaker). He ended up speaking to Hunter about moving up a weight class to lightweight for a potential fight at the Sphere in September. He wouldn't tell us the fighter at 155 but Hunter noticed he looked good and was in fighting shape. Little did Ortega know he'd get a call from Hunter the next day to fight at UFC303 in about 2 weeks time. He accepted and here we are. We got to talk to Ortega about everything from his last fight vs Yair and all the drama that unfolded right before the fight from fighting without warming up to rolling his ankle right before the fight started. Even got to pick his brain about how many Robbie Fox's it would take to beat him in a fight. 

I love how much thought he put into answering this question. All class from Brian Ortega. Every time we've interviewed Ortega it's been awesome.

Can watch/listen to the full interview and all Spinnin Backlist content on all of our platforms! We'll be recording our full breakdown of the UFC303 card tomorrow along with our picks and our parlay on DraftKings so look out for that! #dkpartner

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