{"id":280500,"date":"2018-07-11T06:59:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T13:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=280500"},"modified":"2018-07-11T06:59:48","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T13:59:48","slug":"brian-ortega-is-fighting-to-get-paid-for-cancelled-ufc-226-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/brian-ortega\/brian-ortega-is-fighting-to-get-paid-for-cancelled-ufc-226-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Ortega is fighting to get paid for cancelled UFC 226 bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Ortega did everything he was supposed to do with respect to his planned UFC 226 featherweight title fight with champ Max Holloway. He trained his butt off. He dieted. He navigated an extensive schedule of media obligations. He showed up in Las Vegas. He participated in the open workouts.\u00a0Unfortunately for him, Holloway was forced off the card at the last minute, which meant the fight itself didn&#8217;t happen.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, that also means Ortega might not get paid&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dzN5edQBgqg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show on ESPN<\/a> this week, Ortega explained that, when he asked to be paid for his efforts ahead of UFC 226 \u2014\u00a0 he held up his end of the bargain \u2014 he got a firm &#8216;no&#8217; from <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/opinion-dana-white-says-francis-ngannou-has-an-ego-problem-but-has-he-looked-in-the-mirror\/\">UFC President Dana White<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pofRoC\">\u201cWe had our talk,&#8221; he said (transcribed by Adam Guillen Jr. for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-226-results-stream-fight-card-news-highlights-miocic-cormier-holloway-ortega-mma\/2018\/7\/10\/17555542\/ufc-pissed-dana-white-informed-brian-ortega-wouldnt-be-compensated-for-ufc-226-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAMania<\/a>). &#8220;We agreed to disagree pretty much, I [asked] him if I was going to be compensated for anything, you know, if I would get anything. I told him I showed up, I did everything, my weight was good, did the open workouts, the media and he said, \u2018No.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ortega, of course, did turn down a last-minute fight with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jeremy-stephens\/after-being-offered-ufc-226-interim-title-fights-with-ortega-and-edgar-jeremy-stephens-says-hes-always-ready\/\">potential replacement opponent Jeremy Stephens<\/a>. Shortly after his initial conversation with White, he says they spoke again, and White admitted he had been a little frustrated when they first talked.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Ortega still doesn&#8217;t know if he&#8217;ll be paid for his efforts ahead of UFC 226.<\/p>\n<p id=\"d7yCzY\">&#8220;I was pretty bummed out, heartbroken,&#8221; Ortega said. &#8220;After that, we had another meeting yesterday. We talked and he said he was just pissed off. He then said we\u2019d talk again this week and figure things out. So right now, I don\u2019t know what \u2018figure things out\u2019 means.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, when Brian Ortega and Dana White speak again, they can come to the agreement that the undefeated featherweight contender deserves to be paid for his efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 7\/11\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Ortega did everything he was supposed to do with respect to his planned UFC 226 featherweight title fight with champ Max Holloway. He trained his butt off. He dieted. He navigated an extensive schedule of media obligations. He showed up in Las Vegas. 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