On the 59th episode of Shirley’s Temple, I sat with Brian Ortega to discuss fatherhood, the reality of training, mental health & PTSD, 4 surgeries in one year, church changing his life, his near death experience in the ICU, getting shot at in Compton, his first triangle choke at 15, cutting weight (40 lbs specifically), taking cold showers daily, starting his own podcast, wanting to run his own academy & his next fight!

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