Joseph Benavidez has been an elite flyweight as soon as he made the move to the division in 2012. For Dustin Ortiz, it’s taken a little longer. So when the two met for the first time in 2014, it was a meeting of a fighter who was there and a fighter who was still getting there.
Benavidez won that night in Austin. On Saturday, they meet again, and this time, Ortiz knows he belongs at the top of the flyweight division.
“I’ve already had this fight,” Ortiz said. “It was early in my career, so experience played a huge part in it and so I do believe that this is “The” fight where I really make that name.