When Ortega denied the Jeremy Stephens fight...I heard a bunch of idotic post like "See this why we love Conor, He's so Stunning and brave, he fights anybody, anywhere, anytime!!!!!!!".....Just pure fanboy bullshit.
So lets look at the cold hard facts.
Brian Ortega.....Took the Frankie Edgar fight without a training camp....He had less than a month to do his "training camp", he basically went without a real training camp.
Lets compare this Conor.
He was pulled from UFC 200 and threatened to retire because a Press Conference took away too much time from his training camp.
https://www.mmafighting.com/2016/4/...gregor-pulled-from-ufc-200-because-he-wouldnt
The man was so scurred to fight without a training camp, that he didn't want to do any promotions and was pulled from UFC 200 so he could have a month + extra of training camp.
He doesn't have the balls like Ortega to fight without a training camp....Conor is truly a disgrace.
Now lets look at the fight Ortega denied....Jeremy stephens.
Jeremy Stephens was scheduled to fight later that same month against Aldo...Jeremy was 100% training, inshape.......Brian Ortega had already risked it against Frankie Edgar and felt he should wait.
Now lets compare this to Cabo Diaz or Manlet Mendes.
Cabo Diaz was drinking tequila 11 days before the Conor fight.......Nate Diaz was severly out of shape and didn't have any training camp........He was a +300 underdog.
Sorry but their is nothing Stunning and brave about taking this fight.
Lets look at 2 week Manlet Mendes
Again manlet mendes didn't train at all......It's not stunning and brave to take on a guy who hasn't prepared.
Fact is...Brian Ortega has shown more balls by actually taking huge risks.....Conor on the other hand has never fought without a proper training camp...He pulled out UFC 200 because he was scurred to fight without a proper training camp.
So can we stop with the "Conor is stunning and brave" bullshit?
Since people are bringing up Ortega's non nattyness....Well I can do that as well
Funny how his delts/traps just blew up when he became champ at Cage Warriors.......