Struggling a complete unanimous resolution loss towards surging Brazilian foe, Diego Lopes on the principle card of Noche UFC, former title chaser, Brian Ortega was left bloodied, bruised and battered following his loss — as revealed by promotional CEO, Dana White.
Ortega, who slipped to quantity 5 within the official featherweight rankings following the choice loss to surging challenger, Lopes, was shocked early within the opening spherical of their foremost card rescheduled pairing, and dropped quickly thereafter.
Succumbing to a unanimous resolution loss, former two-time undisputed featherweight title challenger, Brian Ortega would then obtain a nasty jibe from an attendee on the Las Vegas Sphere, who pointed to his previous relationship with fellow UFC star, Tracy Cortez.
Brian Ortega suffers nasty orbital damage following Noche UFC loss to Diego Lopes
And becoming a member of a listing of fairly ghastly accidents following the Sphere card over the course of the weekend, Ortega rivalled former undisputed bantamweight title challenger, Irene Aldana for post-fight accidents — with the Mexican coping with a large laceration over her proper eye.
Following the occasion, UFC boss, White revealed the extent of Ortega’s accidents following the occasion — showing to endure a nasty orbital damage and a few actual vital swelling.
Briefly returning to profitable methods earlier than his resolution loss towards the streaking Lopes, Ortega had avenged a previous TKO loss towards former interim champion, Yair Rodriguez — submitting the Chihuahua striker with a 3rd spherical arm-triangle submission choke of their UFC Battle Night time Mexico Metropolis co-main occasion again in February — incomes himself a Efficiency of the Night time bonus in addition.
