Fiveouncesofpain.com got their hands on the audio:

“Lorenzo (Ferttita) came up to me, actually, a day before the weigh-in and he’s like ‘UFC is the place you need to stay. You need to be here. We need you here.” And he was giving me the old fluff deal… Yeah, they tried to,” Ortiz confirmed.

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