Dec 08 2018
Saturday

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada

Main Event
5 rounds contest @ Featherweight
19-3-0
KO 4
KO 4
14-0-0

Belts on The Line

UFC Featherweight Championship

The tape

33
Age
34
5' 11" / 180 cm
Height
5' 8" / 173 cm
68.9" / 175 cm
Reach
68.9" / 175 cm

Tape record

KOKOKOUDUD
Form
KOSUBSUBKOSUB
19
Wins
14
9
By KO
3
47
KO%
21
2
By SUB
7
11
SUB%
50
3
Loses
0
0
Stopped
0
1
Tapped
0
0
Draws
0
2010
Debut
2010
22
Bouts
15
58
Rounds
38
4 hours, 33 minutes
Fight Time
2 hours, 46 minutes

Tape rankings @ Featherweight

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UFC
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Bellator
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Tapology
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Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega report

Who won Holloway vs Ortega?

Max Holloway beat Brian Ortega by knockout in the 4th round during the main event of UFC 231, on Saturday 8th December 2018 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Featherweight championship.

Holloway vs Ortega stats

Max Holloway stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Brian Ortega made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 14 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Max Holloway's 30th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012. Brian Ortega marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Max Holloway's UFC record stood at 22-8-0, while Brian Ortega's came in at 8-4-0.

The stats suggested Holloway had a large advantage in power over Ortega, boasting a 47% knock out percentage over Ortega's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ortega had a massive advantage over Holloway, boasting a 50% submission rate over Holloway's 11%.

Max Holloway was the younger man by 1 year, at 33 years old.

Holloway had a height advantage of 3 inches over Ortega. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Holloway was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 months later than Ortega, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 54 more professional rounds, 113 to Ortega's 59.

Holloway vs Ortega form

Holloway had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by split decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Frankie Edgar at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Before that, he had been defeated by Dustin Poirier at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

He had beaten Brian Ortega at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Activity check

Holloway's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.8 rounds on average.

Ortega's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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