A biography for Brian Ortegahasn’t been written yet.
“Training full-on year round is great, and I love to stay in shape and always being ready, but I feel sometimes I don't have a life.”
“When I get in there, I try to really make sure there's no quit in me and that whoever I fight is going to have a long night.”
“I am who I am. I'm a cool person, and I don't think I need to sell myself. I'm just going to let the fights keep talking.”
“I don't want to spend all the money I've made and then have to hustle fight to fight.”
“Put on a camera and put on some whatever, and you're an actor. Put me in a cage, I'm a fighter. Put me somewhere else - I'm in an ocean, I'm a surfer. I don't know what I am, I just do it all. And I want to be good at everything.”
“I always try not to look too far ahead. I just look far enough to know where I'm going next.”
“It's never been about an opponent. I don't care who it is. Just throw them in front of me and let me do what I have to do. Let me earn the belt.”
“I have my parents to keep me in check, a team that loves me, and I have the ability to go out there, dream, and chase it.”
“Sometimes it takes me a little longer to kick into my gears.”
“Nobody expected me to finish Cub Swanson the way I did. When you see something like that, even I say, 'You're finally here. You're not only hanging with the best of the best, you're finishing them.'”
“The weight of the world on my shoulders was something that I had to let go.”
“I get this weird feeling that there's bigger things to do still, and I can't wait to figure it out.”
“I've seen the worst. In my head, I've seen the worst. When I go into a fight, I'm all right. You know what I'm saying? I've already made it.”
“I'm a businessman, a company man, but I'm no 'yes' man.”
“Not too many people present a good ground game from the bottom. They survive a little bit, and it's kind of boring. But not too many people are attacking from the bottom, hurting with elbows. They don't bring that kind of game because it takes a long time to develop.”
“I believe we all have a responsibility to try to help other people in this world. To me, my ability to help and to do good for others will only increase if I'm more known and get to that really super elite level. That would be the huge benefit for me. It would put me in a position where I could just help more people.”
“Two good, large fights a year is good enough for me.”
“Cub Swanson's a guy you either get through or you don't, and I fought him when he was on a nice winning streak.”
“If we have more confidence in ourselves, we can live a happier life and a better life.”
“I'm dangerous because I have nothing to lose.”