It seemed as if the UFC hoped the winner of the main event of the UFC Long Island fight card would emerge as the next UFC featherweight title contender. That didn’t happen. Instead, Yair Rodriguez and Brian Ortega were left to apologize after the fight came to a close with Ortega unable to continue after he suffered a dislocated shoulder in the opening round of the contest.
“It’s unfortunate that he dislocated his shoulder or whatever,” Rodriguez said. “I already told him we can run it back any time. I’d rather do it for a championship instead of being in a situation like this.