Inside of a Harbor City garage, Brian Ortega found his ticket to potential UFC glory
"We've all had that one time — it doesn't matter who you are — when you have this choice, that one chance," Ortega said. "That's your ticket out. That's your escape. A lot of people don't take it, the guys who tell you later in life, 'I could've done this, I should've been here. ...' I heard it all the time. So I just knew what I was supposed to do. The energy that time was, 'Take this opportunity.' "
