Brian Ortega
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Oct 29, 2026
GCPANELIST
Correct.
GCPANELIST
For Volk, you start with Brian Ortega at UFC 266.
GCPANELIST
Between Ortega, from Ortega to Holloway, or I'm sorry, we start with Holloway.
GCPANELIST
From Holloway 2 to Ortega was 14 months.
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GCPANELIST
It's going to be sick.
GCPANELIST
Main event, Anato Moikano taking on Tom Nolan.
GCPANELIST
He was supposed to fight Brian Ortega last month.
GCPANELIST
Ends up getting Tom Nolan in a main event.
Gorgeous GeorgeHOST
He won it from Max Holloway.
Gorgeous GeorgeHOST
Then he defended it against Max Holloway, Brian Ortega, Chan Sung Jung, Max Holloway again, And that second one was controversial.
Gorgeous GeorgeHOST
A lot of people thought Max won, but whatever.
Gorgeous GeorgeHOST
It's in the books.
Nick DunnHOST
Not so easy money.
Nick DunnHOST
He was supposed to fight Brian Ortega, right? Yeah.
Nick DunnHOST
I remember he posted, the last time I saw him was he posted, he's like, thanks, Brian Ortega, for wasting the easiest payday of my life.
Gilbert GalonHOST
I was like, that's funny.
Gilbert GalonHOST
That's Money Moikana, dude.
Conner BurksHOST
Correct.
Conner BurksHOST
For Volk, you start with Brian Ortega, UFC 266.
Conner BurksHOST
Between Ortega, from Ortega to Holloway, or I'm sorry, we start with Holloway.
Conner BurksHOST
From Holloway 2 to Ortega was 14 months.
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Conner BurksHOST
It's going to be sick.
Conner BurksHOST
Main event, Anato Moikano taking on Tom Nolan.
Conner BurksHOST
He was supposed to fight Brian Ortega last month.
Conner BurksHOST
Ends up getting Tom Nolan in a main event.
Carlos LealGUEST
Say, well, I'll take him.
Carlos LealGUEST
It was Brian Ortega.
Carlos LealGUEST
He's hitting.
Carlos LealGUEST
Before was famous.
Carlos LealGUEST
But honestly, maybe I took three, four classes with him.
Carlos LealGUEST
He wasn't there much.
Carlos LealGUEST
And when I was taking my private lesson with Brian Ortega, once I got my blue belt, I jumped to the group class, and he was kind of a hero most of the time.
Carlos LealGUEST
Okay.
MattHOST
And the reason for the big spot here, also the reason he took this on short notice.
MattHOST
This was supposed to be Brian Ortega like a month ago or something.
MattHOST
So keep that in mind.
MattHOST
Nolan jumped in on short notice, but that fight that he jumped in got pushed back to now.
RayHOST
And back at featherweight, this is a guy who fought Jose Aldo.
RayHOST
He fought the Korean Zami, Brian Ortega, Calvin Cater.
RayHOST
And the last time out...
RayHOST
He did not look so good.
Brett BonettiGUEST
He's beaten Jose Aldo within that conversation.
Brett BonettiGUEST
Brian Ortega, yeah, Rodriguez.
Brett BonettiGUEST
So he made seven successful title defenses and everyone thought he was done.
Brett BonettiGUEST
And then he came back and has had a second championship reign.
Zach RugerHOST
This will be UFC fight number 21.
Zach RugerHOST
He was supposed to fight Brian Ortega, and Brian Ortega pulled out like a bomb.
Zach RugerHOST
He got to fight Dan Hooker, but...
Zach RugerHOST
Now, thankfully, we actually get to see him fight.
Josh ThomsonHOST
His jiu-jitsu is not fantastic.
Josh ThomsonHOST
his transitions to defend submissions his ability to stay out of those positions is pretty damn good pretty damn right i mean outside of the brian ortega fight having he went from triangle to or yeah triangle i think it was triangle then he went to dark really dark dark guillotine or dark deep guillotine he was in deep like he was kicking his legs trying to get out and flailing about i was like holy he finally got out but it was one of those moments where He showed exactly his level of never give up.
Josh ThomsonHOST
And that's so hard these days to get out on a lot of these fighters.
Josh ThomsonHOST
They don't have that.
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