Dustin Ortiz ready to cement comeback in Newark

Fresh from an impressive third-round knockout of Willie Gates in August and eager to add to his win total this Saturday in Newark against Wilson Reis, flyweight contender Dustin Ortiz has a simple mantra for 2016 and beyond.

“Sign me up for five fights a year,” he said. “Let’s do it.”

He’s not kidding either, and he has the track record to prove it. In the Franklin, Tennessee product’s first year as a pro in 2010, he fought six times, and if you’re going from November of 2013, when he made his UFC debut by defeating Jose Maria, to November of 2014, that was a five-fight stretch right there.

But after fighting and losing to Joseph Benavidez in that latter bout, Ortiz had to sit back and get…