UFC star, Brian Ortega, donates hair to cancer patients

Last Saturday the 17th, UFC star Brian Ortega (14-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) not only won in the cage but also fought for children undergoing chemotherapy.

Some were wondering if he was having a hard time making weight until speaking with UFC Arabia and clarifying the new hair-do. Ortega has a history of winning in the cage & also in life, launching his own foundation a few years ago, The Brian Ortega Foundation.

“We have a camera and we documented the whole weight cut, showing how smooth it was going and everything, so people on the internet just like to say negative things right off the bat,” Ortega said. “I was already gonna cut my hair after this fight. I was gonna have it a little bit slicked back not shaved, but when I was cutting weight, I was talking to them, I was like listen, there’s people out there who are suffering daily versus just one day right now.

“For me, weight cut, we suffer one or two days then we’re good and we’re back to normal. There’s people out there who have to lose their hair not by choice and to go through a lot of things and to me kids, obviously I love kids so I’m donating my hair to the kids who need it.”

UFC Champs Donating Future Fight Purse to 501c3 Gym

While both Connor McGregor & Dustin Poirier agreed to beat each other up over social media, Proper 12 Kingpin McGregor stated he will donate $500,000 to Dustin Poirier’s charity, The Good Fight Foundation.

Conor & Dustin discussing an agreed UFC bout & charity donations

Poirier then took to Twitter and said that he planned on using the money to build an MMA & boxing gym in Lafayette, Louisiana where both Poitier & Daniel Cormier grew up.