Brian Ortega doesn’t see a ton of upside in his fight against Diego Lopes, at least likely not enough to get him another UFC title shot.
Ortega (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC), a two-time UFC title challenger at featherweight, returns Saturday on the main card of UFC 306 at Sphere in Las Vegas. He takes on Lopes (25-6 MMA, 4-1 UFC), a rising star in the division who’s become one of the hottest names in the sport. “T-City” thinks a win for Lopes will likely get him a crack at the belt, but he’s not so confident the same is in play if he wins.
“We’ll see … we’ll see,” Ortega told MMA Junkie in Spanish when asked if he expects a title shot win a win on Saturday. “The UFC has its own opinions on his ranking, and I think this fight has more of an upside for him than for me.
