Reveared director and actor, Mel Gibson — an avid attendee and fan of the UFC, has claimed he was near tears whereas watching shut good friend, Brian Ortega tackle former featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski again in 2021, revealing he thinks of the contender as his personal “son.
Gibson, an avid fan of the UFC who has been noticed Octagon-side throughout quite a few occasions in recent times, is greatest recognized for his directing roles in heralded blockbusters, Braveheart, Ardour of the Christ, and Apocolypto to call just a few, additionally starred in Mad Max, and Deadly Weapon.
Mel Gibson virtually dropped at tears by Brian Ortega’s loss to Alexander Volkanovski
And showing throughout a latest episode of The Joe Rogan Expertise with the veteran color-commentator, Gibson gushed on his fandom for combined martial arts, revealing he was near tears whereas watching Ortega drop a dangerous determination loss to former pound-for-pound primary, Volkanovski 4 years in the past.
“And one of the guys, I know one of the guys fairly well,” Mel Gibson defined. “And usually, I’m pretty immune to it, but, like, he was in there, and he was fighting against (Alexander) Volkanovski. It was Brian Ortega, and he was getting his ass handed to him in that fight. He almost got him (Volkanovski) a couple of times, but yeah. Because I knew Brian, it was like my son was in there. I almost started crying. It got to me.”
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“I was like, I should probably feel like this about all these guys,” Mel Gibson defined. “But I don’t know them as well.”
Himself most lately that includes on the principle card of Noche UFC final September from the Las Vegas Sphere, perennial contender, Ortega dropped a unanimous determination loss towards Brazilian star, Diego Lopes.
