Holloway vs Ortega

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

Ortega had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Yair Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chan Sung Jung at UFC Fight Island 6 on 17th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had been defeated by Max Holloway at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

He had beaten Frankie Edgar at UFC 222 on 3rd March 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

Holloway's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 1 month and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Ortega's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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