Brian Ortega was not a big fan of his game plan for Diego Lopes.
The UFC title Challenger, tested by the battle, who fought with Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway was eliminated for the first time in his career last year for the first time.
After an entry victory over Yair Rodriguez, Ortega had hoped to return to title conflicts at UFC 306, where he was opposed to striped competition Diego Lopes.
Lopes did not waste time to take the fight to Ortega, so he almost finished with strikes in the opening round. The sustainable Ortega could stay on his feet and survived to see the distance.
Ortega lost Lopes through a unanimous decision and thought about the near-finish months later.
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Brian Ortega says that his game plan for Diego Lopes almost eliminated him on UFC 306
The highlight of the featherweight fight came in the first 30 seconds of round 1, when Lopes landed a two -lunch combination on Ortega's Kin to visibly anesthetize him.
A lot was made of the peak, in which some fans believed that the second shot that Lopes landed had woke up an unconscious Ortega.
“He caught me pretty well, that B -” said Ortega about Lopes on Paddy Pimblett's Chattin 'Pony Podcast.
“He made up for me.
“I believe the meme, Bro. I think that second [punch] They woke me up, “Ortega admitted.
“I have to humiliate myself and be honest. I remember being hit – I didn't like the idea of our game plan,” said Ortega about fighting Lopes.
“It was as if, put pressure on them. I had something like that, yo, the man has a lot of the first round KOs. I don't know if he is busy on him from the bat a good idea …
“They are like, hey bro, believe me. And I had something like that, okay. F – it.
“I had something like that, Bro, he seems to go a bit after the first. He slows down a bit. I went inside. It was like, like, [punch noises].
“I had something like this from AB —. I already knew,” said Ortega.
Brian Ortega says that Diego Lopes Fight was a game of catching up
After a wake-up call in the first round, Ortega did its best to make up Lopes in round 2 and 3.
Ortega found most of his success in the final round, but was still overray by Lopes on the feet.
“It's like a race,” said Ortega about fighting after he fell in the first 30 seconds.
“It is as you stumble when they say you have to catch up with the rest of the fight. That's how it felt all night.
“Plus, I usually do five rounds. In the fourth and fifth I come to life a little better. Three rounds went like this [fast]And I had something like what, what the F -? “
Ortega's last five fights prior to Lopes were planned for five rounds.
Brian Ortega will return against former Bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling in the three-round Co-Main event of UFC Shanghai on August 23.
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