Brian Ortega

“I've proven I can hang in there, go through adversity, and pull tricks out of the bag.”

“My fifth pro fight, I got my first title fight.”

“I think I'm pretty marketable when it comes to marketing fighters 'cause I've met a lot of 'em, and they're not that interesting. They don't do too many things, or their days are not like my days.”

“My whole thing is I don't want to break mentally. I want to find comfort in uncomfortable situations.”

“I very strongly dislike fear. I always say fear keeps us from living our lives and doing the things we want to do.”

“I've never met a fighter who said, 'I love cutting weight.'”

“A lot of people think they need the best training partners, the best gym. I started with Vans, Jack in the Box, and a dream, and now I'm here. You just need to have that work ethic, focus, and dedication.”

“I want to help make the world a better place.”

“Pretty much, I was a hometown fighter, and everyone was pulling for me. Now I'm a hometown fighter again. It's a lot of pressure because you don't want to let people down. They're yelling your name and chanting for you.”

“I dropped out or got kicked out of four high schools.”

“I like super fights. I want super fights. I want guys that I can match up well where people don't know what going to happen.”

“When I go in to fight week, I go, 'Maybe I'm going to be that guy on the highlight reel that gets knocked out.' I'm always thinking, 'How am I going to react? Am I going to be a sore loser?' I'm almost checking myself in case something bad happens.”

“I've been in so many street fights.”

“I'm the kind of guy who, if you tell me you can't do something, like, 'Brian, you can't do a backflip off that two-floor building,' and I'm going to give it a shot.”

“Ultimately, I feel like I'm doing everything right. I'm slowly but surely climbing up the ladder. I'm taking out bigger names with every fight. Not just beating them on a point level - I'm finishing every single one of my opponents.”

“I want to go out and help people and share love where love is needed.”

“I don't like getting comfortable.”

“I liked to pretend a lot. I thought I could be anything that I wanted.”