Three weeks earlier than Brian Ortega fought Yair Rodriguez within the UFC Mexico major occasion final Saturday, he suffered a nasty minimize in coaching. A conflict of heads practically prevented the struggle from happening.
Ortega picked up a submission win over “El Pantera” after 17 months on the sidelines as a consequence of harm. On Wednesday, Rener Gracie revealed that Ortega had suffered a minimize in coaching and posted a video of the laceration taking place with photographs to social media. It was a big minimize.
“Three weeks earlier than the struggle, Brian caught a nasty head butt whereas coaching,” Gracie wrote. “It was so deep that he needed to get 4 stitches on the within and 10 on the floor.
“Being so near the struggle we knew that one mild punch in that area would have busted it proper open. It was our largest concern (till he rolled his ankle throughout Spherical 0).”
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After Ortega was stitched up, Gracie requested “T-Metropolis” if he nonetheless wished to struggle Rodriguez. Ortega responded through video. Gracie posted it as effectively.
“The present continues, homie. We don’t even care,” Ortega stated. “We’re sweating. The present continues.”
