Brian Ortega details how rolling his ankle impacted his fight vs. Yair Rodriguez | ESPN MMA 

that was so freaking sick. that kind of resilience is amazing

Man dude dug deep. "What a guy"

He broke his own ankle like an eagle breaks it’s own talons. Smashed beak 🦅 Ortega new mythical fighter

Tracy Cortez punching the air rn 😂

most of Ortega's fights are entertaining

Ortega : i think i rolled my ankle Coach : It doesn't matter if rolled your ankle. Know your role and fight 😤

Bro saw this live im from the US. I must have been the only one rooting for Ortega 😂. So glad he won. That venue is fun man. The Mexican crowd is something else

Someone said he destroyed his ankle so he could go through a rebirth during the fight 🤣

Brian please dont jump like that again.

Great come back great win!

Wow im impressed. Beating yair that way is really no easy feat. But also shows how great Max is. He beat T-City when he was undefeated and was riding on a high momentum.

T-CITY 4 LIFE! !

Seen tracy in the crowd and said god gives you victorys in front of the evil that brings u down lmao😅

"Illia might be a gasgster, but he ain't no west coast gangster" -Brian low-rider CTECity

That was fight of the night imo

Welcome back Brian Ortega!! Masterclass performance and win, coming back from that early offence from Yair was incredible 👏👏👏

What incredible discipline and sportsmanship after the victory

T-City!!!!

So glad he Won!

Impressive win by Ortega especially after a long lay off

See a super Big Humble change in him!! Big Fan now!

Congratulations Brian, good to see you back.

Ortega is a savage! Mental toughness for the win!

Let’s go cte city Bryan Ortega great win

Congratulations Brian!

Love this guy

Wow! Props to Ortega!

T city is the man!

The ankle was Brians Eagle "Beak" for real.

Tense but relaxed

Honor a quien honor merece! A pesar de las dificultades que tuvo que atravesar y con un respeto ejemplar, se alzó con una contundente victoria. Felicitaciones a Brian Ortega!

i need T City in Spain !!!!

insane that he finished yair like that. huge props to ortega

Then he rolled his other ankle when he jumped over the cage. Go back and watch it. This guy is a danger to himself.

Epic performance and superb submission. This kid could become the champ if he improves his defensive abilities

What a stud. Sure he might’ve been a little embarrassed after the ankle roll, but he stayed resilient and got the finish against a tough opponent.

Reminded me of Dre Greenlaw's injury on the sideline at the Super Bowl

Great win, Brian Ortega! Respect!

Looking good tonight! Also well done to Ortega

The eagle flies again! 😂😂🦅🦅

Happy for this man ...I think he should heal up and take a little time to really prepare for The new champ ...Really prepare before trying to fight Illia who is a monster fighter at this point ... What a comeback for Brain ...Such a gutsy dude ...

Great fight and adjustment to it in there,Cograt’s TCity!!

🇲🇽 good for you

Olivi is like fine wine

Yes Ortega

🦅

Megan ❤

He took some heavy shots in the first

That Mexican audience was yelling Ortega’s name more than Yair’s. ❤️

insane

So hoppy for you Brian…. Watch out ilia …. Congrats Brian,,,, you held on and bang…. ❤

Real dawg

Tcity- Coach I'm bleeding Coach- You aint got time to bleed

crazy fight, Ortega was literally one shot away from getting TKO'd, this dude really needs to improve his defense and depend less on his toughness, he has that dog in him but that's not gonna work out against someone like Topuria

Great win. Hope he fixes those weak spots.

At the end Ortega was didn't immediately let go but when he did it seemed like he had the choke so cinched up and locked in that he had to untangle himself while the Ref is pushing him.

I am so glad T-City won.

No reasonable person can question how tough and resilient Ortega is.

Im happy he won.

I literally almost cried when I saw him land on his ankle

thats actuakky so insane how he finished him

Both fightters are so good Yair has amazing stiking specially with those kicks Ortega has very good jui jujitsu he is the only one that was so close to submit Volk something not even Max could do.

Coach was probably implementing a line from Francisco Prados coach . "You dont need your eye!" Brians coach: you don't meed your ankle.

I’m mad I didn’t place in my bets tonight 😮‍💨

REBIRTH Ortega the Eagle

I was rooting for Ortega and I'm glad he was able to pull it off even after breaking his own talon before the fight! Also, Yair looked like he blew his load trying to finish Ortega in the first round. He looked gassed in the second and third. Yair would explode and then nothing. Can't wait to see Sea Level Yair fight again.

Ortega: I think I just rolled my ankle. The Rock: IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!!!

🦅🦅🦅

Ortega has great ground game. stick to that strength key

Striking wasn't up to where it needed to be, improved on that. Wrestling wasn't where it needed to be, in a few months he's majorly improved on that. Ortega looked great, especially when you consider the fact of where his head would have been immediately starting that fight with the ankle. Getting caught. Really impressive and exciting fight.

He almost rolled his ankle when he ran out the cage!!

Brian the eagle Ortegomédov 🦅

"Oh no.."

Brian, the champ without a crown; he needs and deserves to be a champion, he´s one inch away from it. He needs to improve his defense and boxing, and that´s it: he has everything to be a champ! Congrats, man. You will be a champ soon!

I wonder how many people bet the house on Yair immediately after seeing Ortega injure himself during the introductions..

LFGOOOOOO🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Topuria vs Ortega will be a barn burner.

wheres Yair now?

someone remind me next time im in a fight , i should get someone to crack me a few times to get my jaw warmed up 🤣🤣 first time that i have heared a fighter say that his jaw wernt warmed up in round one .

Congratulations Ortega

Abdulmanap trained Ortega since he was a child, the eagle thrives at elevation 🦅

High T-City confirmed

The media members asked about Ortega fighting Max next. Do they want to get him killed? Do they not remember max trying to teach him how to block punches because he felt bad for the absolute beating he was giving Ortega. He was out a year after max destroyed him. Then he got destroyed by volk. Come on he's not ready, and he definitely doesn't deserve a title shot again. Look up his record and see how long he was out after both title fights he was given. Max and volk destroyed him so bad he missed about a year after each fight. What do u think ilia would do? You give him the winner of aljo vs katter and see how he performs in that fight. A max or ilia fight could end him. Let him get a fight or two more so he builds skill and confidence before you throw him to the wolves that Max and ilia are.

Why did he reference the weight cut as not being able to hear the ref when Yair tapped? Its past the weight cut day, and he’s already fully rehydrated for almost 2 days since the weight cut. That’s weird.

Toporia aint gonna survive what volk survived against ortega styles make fights

The reason he held onto the submission so long prolly had something to do with volk escaping last time too.

Him and Tracy look like each other ngl

💪🏽💯👍🏼

This dude is faithful to the lord and inspires me to spread the word

that red dress megan got on, is like metal to magnet to my eyes😍

Imagine intentionally compromising yourself seconds before the fight begins, lol. Looked like Yair could've stopped him early when he got dropped. Great comeback.

Megs is great.

Looked like he rolled his ankle when he jumped out of the cage to go celebrate too 😂

Everyone give this dude so much hate for no reason. He’s a great boxer with insane grappling and submissions. They hate him cause the ufc kept him in the rankings. That got nothing to do with this absolute dawg of a human

Dude looking like pippy long stockings 😂 good fight 👍

I can't tell if he improved his wrestling or Yair just can't defend takedowns, btw with this kind of boxing defense he can't beat Illia, it would be an entertaining fight but he's not gonna beat Illia like that, Illia with his low stance is impossible to take down

I had been thinking he had given up his ground game. Enjoy, Sir!

Now he can live for 70 years like the mighty eagle!!!😂😂😂

Yair knows what an arm triangle is. He was gassed out and gave up before the tap. Gutsy win by Ortega to stay composed and dominate after the first round

Megan looking well in red 💃🏻