Ortega wanted to step in to face Khabib, too!
Brian ‘T-City’ Ortega, the undefeated No. 1 featherweight contender, wants a piece of both fighters that’ll meet in Saturday’s UFC 223 headliner in Brooklyn, and he’ll probably get his shot at both here soon.
Published on Monday, 4/2/18, at 3:02 p.m. Eastern.
They still could meet this summer if Khabib Nurmagomedov beats Holloway on Saturday night, and ‘Blessed’ gets out of the fight without any significant injuries.
Turns out, ‘T-City’ was also called upon by the UFC when it initially couldn’t get into contact with Holloway. And Ortega was game as a mother fucker!
See his tweet from a little more than an hour ago below:
For the record, Dana called me yesterday to see if I would step in against Khabib since Max hadn’t responded yet. I said yes. Eventually, Max replied and Dana gave him the fight. If all goes according to plan, I’ll get my turn – at both of them.
— Brian Ortega (@BrianTcity) April 2, 2018
That’s good stuff right there.
And it’s no BS from ‘T-City,’ who mentioned last month that his aim in the not-too-distant future is to move up to lightweight.
