Every now and then, long-time MMA insider Ariel Helwani provides fans a scoop about what’s happening within the inner circle of MMA. In his most recent Substack post, one of the things he revealed was a supposed planned booking between two elite featherweights in the UFC.
“UFC is working on booking Yair Rodriguez x Brian Ortega in the future, sources say,” Helwani wrote.
This should be an interesting one, if indeed true. The number two-ranked Ortega is coming off a decision loss to Alexander Volkanovksi in their UFC 266 title bout in September. While the fight didn’t go his way, “T-City” took home a $50K bonus for Fight of the Night.