After defeating Yair Rodriguez early, former UFC featherweight title challenger Brian Ortega is set to share the octagon with former division champion Alexander Volkanovski or challenge current belt holder Elijah Topuria.
“Wolf was a great champion – people have written him off and I think that’s disrespectful given his accomplishments,” MMAJunkie quotes the American as saying. “We’ll see how it goes, but if he decides he doesn’t want to fight and would rather rest, I’ll gladly go to Spain.”
Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 237 in Mexico City, Brian Ortega finished Yair Rodriguez with an arm-triangle choke in the third round, and the week before that at UFC 298 in Anaheim, Elijah Topuria took the championship belt from Alex Volkanovski by knocking the Australian out in the second round.
In September 2021, Brian Ortega made an unsuccessful attempt to take the title from Alex Volkanovski, losing to the then-reigning champion by unanimous decision over five rounds.
Previously, undefeated Russian welterweight Movsar Yevloev, who is ranked fifth in the division, announced his desire to fight Ortega.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/34023-brajan-ortega-nazval-dvukh-veroyatnykh-sopernikov.html?rand=19907
