Extreme weight cutting has long pursued the MMA sport as a recurring nightmare. Vote as Joe Rogan have repeatedly called that the practice is eliminated to protect hunters. The dangers of this were completely visible during Brian Ortegas Brutal cut for his UFC Shanghai Co-Main event against Aljamain sterling. In a non-title Featherweight collision, ‘T-City’ missed weight with almost 7 pounds and visibly disposed of the weightings. The fight itself was almost deleted before both parties agreed to continue with a catch of 153 pounds. But, as Ortega recently revealed, the situation was much alarming than it seemed, so that the light threw on the serious health complications he has endured to achieve the event.
Brian Ortega reveals that he was unconscious for UFC Shanghai-Weg-Ins for 30 minutes
Given how visibly emptied Brian Ortega appeared before the fight, many fans believed that the UFC would intervene and prevent the former featherweight title -to prevent from competing. Shocking that was not the case and the game took place at catch weight. What followed was a one -sided affairWith ‘T-City’ ultimately drop a unanimous decision.
Recently, however, Ortega went to social media to share the moving reality Of his weight cut, revealing that he lost consciousness for almost 30 minutes in the process.
He said, “We cut the weight on Thursday, we hit the first. We are on ‘[151 pounds]. Second, later I decided to ignore the gun at 12 o’clock. We cut all the time all the time from midnight to 8 a.m. and cut the weight. I realized that I had 1.7 [pounds] To stop. “
At that time, Ortega revealed that his body just stopped responding. “We were confused about how my body didn’t really jump out of the water, why it just held, but whatever we should get to get this weight, so we did.
That last session turned out to be disastrous. Brian Ortega collapsed and remained unconscious for almost 30 minutes. “Once I got out, I went unconscious. I was unconscious for about 30 minutes. During that time they put ice on me. They took out all my clothes and left me in boxers. Woke up in the there.”
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“I hit the bike for 20 minutes. Once I got out, I became unconscious. I was about 30 minutes unconscious …
[Aljamain] Said “they already have a replacement hunter, don’t worry about it.” I told … pic.twitter.com/mfs8jl7f7q
– Championship Rounds (@champrds) September 9, 2025
Despite this frightening episode, Ortega still showed up for the weightings. His team was willing to call off the fight when his condition deteriorated, but pushed the City ‘forward. He even shared that Sterling told him he shouldn’t worry because the UFC had already prepared a replacement. Nevertheless, Ortega insisted on continuing.
The former title Challenger admitted that his body was shouting against him to stop, but he chose to compete, for his family and the fans.
“First and foremost I decided to fight for my family. That is my job to appear and do what I do for them. I fought for my family. Secondly, I fought for you. You have always shown me love, you have always supported me, whatever there is.
This situation emphasizes the dangerous reality of extreme weight cuts at MMA. Fans will remember it TJ Dillashaw’s Brutal cut up to 125 pounds for his title fight against Henry Cejudo, a movement that seriously damaged both his health and performance. Likewise, Max Holloway’s Skeletale appearance during his attempted cut for UFC 223 against Khabib Nurmagomedov forced doctors to get him out of the game completely.
More recently, fighters will keep Ulli Topuria And Islam Makhachev have discussed divisions after they realized that their bodies could no longer deal with the demands of cutting to $ 145 and 155 pounds, respectively.
As far as Brian Ortega is concerned, he has also considered a switch to lightweight, even the possibility of teasing his fight with Diego Lopes at Noche UFC in September 2024. Now 34 years old, the body of Ortega is no longer able to pass the same drastic cuts he managed in his Prime.
It was a difficult piece for the former title -Uitdager. Once an unbeaten 14-0 competition that rode against Holloway in 2018 in his first UFC championship, Brian Ortega has difficulty regaining that momentum. He is currently only 2-5 in his last seven fights, which underlines the challenges that he has confronted both inside and outside the cage.
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