Brian Ortega ’s fight with Diego Lopes on Saturday at UFC 303 could be his last in the featherweight division. Ortega (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC), a two-time UFC title challenger at 145 pounds, already had set his focus on a move up to lightweight for a divisional debut at UFC 306 on Sept. 14 at Sphere in Las Vegas before he got the call to fight Saturday. After Conor McGregor withdrew from the planned International Fight Week headliner vs. Michael Chandler, the UFC had to reshape the UFC 303 lineup. Ortega got the call to face Lopes (23-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and jumped on the opportunity, even if it threw a loop into the existing plans
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