American - Athlete | February 21, 1991 -
Pretty much, I was a hometown fighter, and everyone was pulling for me. Now I'm a hometown fighter again. It's a lot of pressure because you don't want to let people down. They're yelling your name and chanting for you.
Brian Ortega
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Two good, large fights a year is good enough for me.
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Training full-on year round is great, and I love to stay in shape and always being ready, but I feel sometimes I don't have a life.
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All I do is just live in the gym.
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As much as I dream, I have nightmares.
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When I go in to fight week, I go, 'Maybe I'm going to be that guy on the highlight reel that gets knocked out.' I'm always thinking, 'How am I going to react? Am I going to be a sore loser?' I'm almost checking myself in case something bad happens.
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I always try not to look too far ahead. I just look far enough to know where I'm going next.
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A lot of people have these fancy facilities, these fancy training atmospheres, high-tech this and that... I believe it's about the fighter and how much work is he willing to put. I'm trying to show the world that I can make it happen from a garage. People don't believe it, but I know how to work with what I've got to get to the top.
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I keep training hard, keep working out, keep looking at my fights, and I wonder, 'If I was to fight me, how would I beat me?' It's like having a boat with a bunch of holes. I'm trying to patch up all the holes. If I was to fight myself, I'd take advantage of certain things. I've got to know my opponent is thinking the same thing.
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I dropped out or got kicked out of four high schools.
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I knew what I wanted to do with my life: I wanted to fight.
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As a pro, in the beginning, I had to sell tickets to get paid. So you gotta be a hustler, and you gotta worry about fighting.
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