{"id":397365,"date":"2022-07-13T17:15:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T17:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=397365"},"modified":"2022-07-13T17:15:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T17:15:07","slug":"they-threw-me-in-there-to-basically-get-killed-brian-ortega-gets-real-about-almost-walking-away-from-mma-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/they-threw-me-in-there-to-basically-get-killed-brian-ortega-gets-real-about-almost-walking-away-from-mma-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;They Threw Me in There to Basically Get Killed&#8217;- Brian Ortega Gets Real About Almost Walking Away From MMA in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking out on Spinnin Backfist on Barstool Sports, Brian Ortega talked about how his MMA journey was almost cut short in 2015. After being busted for a PED and having to sit out for 9 months, Brian Ortega was soon faced with a challenge that he initially billed as virtually impossible.<\/p>\n<p>He was lined up to face veteran fighter Thiago Tavares, and Ortega was still training out of his garage, with no formal training set-up. The road was certainly challenging for Ortega, and hearing him recount his days of doubt is truly eye-opening for fans of \u2018T-City\u2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Sigue la acci\u00f3n con Thiago Tavares vs. Brian Ortega <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MMA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MMA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MMAMexico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MMAMexico<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCNOLA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCNOLA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/zbCELyLJw3\">pic.twitter.com\/zbCELyLJw3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SoloMMA (@Solo_MMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Solo_MMA\/status\/607377376243089408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was broke, used the GST (training classes) money that I got to pay my rent, support my kids, and then shit I had no money after that. I\u2019m going into a UFC fight broke as shit. walk in and it\u2019s like cool, this guy a veteran, he\u2019s had 15 fights in the UFC.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-was-training-in-a-garage-brian-ortega-reveals-he-didnt-know-about-muay-thai-and-wrestling-before-facing-max-holloway\/\">\u2018I Was Training in a Garage\u2019- Brian Ortega Reveals He Didn\u2019t Know About Muay Thai and Wrestling Before Facing Max Holloway<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m 15-2 right now, so at that time I was 7-0 or something, I was like damn, f*****g guy is yaked up, buff as f**k, thrid degree black belt, wrestler, Phuket muay Thai, and I was just training with cops. To me, that was the biggest one, man. They threw me in there to basically get killed.<\/em>&#8221; [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/brian-ortega-reveals-he-was-going-to-quit-mma-if-he-lost-to-thiago-tavares-in-2015-i-wasnt-making-money-i-had-75-dollars-to-my-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bjpenn.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>However, as Brian Ortega would go on to describe, the fight was an all-out war in which he would come out on top with a TKO finish. The win was instrumental for Ortega as it affirmed his own belief that he could venture into trying territory if he needed to.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-397344 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Brian-Ortega.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Brian-Ortega.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Brian-Ortega-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Brian-Ortega-768x442.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u201cSure enough, we had a war. It was a war, if you haven\u2019t watched that fight, it is for sure a classic, to me it is a classic. In the third round, I finished him and TKO\u2019d him. It took everything out of me, I know you guys see me leave it out there, I left it all out there. I won, put my hands up and I just dropped&#8230; To me, I really needed that, I was going to quit if I lost that fight. I was just at the point in my life where I wasn\u2019t making money.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ortega would win his next five fights in a row, all being finishes and ultimately challenge Max Holloway for the best in December 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking out on Spinnin Backfist on Barstool Sports, Brian Ortega talked about how his MMA journey was almost cut short in 2015. After being busted for a PED and having to sit out for 9 months, Brian Ortega was soon faced with a challenge that he initially billed as virtually impossible. 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