Overview
- Ortega, who spoke Tuesday on Dominick Cruz’s Love & War podcast, called his former relationship with Tracy Cortez toxic and said he "f*cked up."
- He said the turmoil bled into his preparation for UFC 266, describing his 2021 featherweight title camp for Alexander Volkanovski as horrible with late-night arguments.
- He said he stayed in the relationship out of ego after he had already distanced himself from his kids and family and realized four months in it would not work.
- He said his mother and family warned he would never be at peace and he ended the relationship on Christmas, which he called a gift to himself.
- MMA Fighting reported it asked Cortez for comment and received no reply, and both fighters are now eyeing returns after recent losses to Aljamain Sterling and Erin Blanchfield.