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 29th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012.

Max Holloway's UFC record stood at 22-7-0, while Brian Ortega's came in at 8-3-0.

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 32 years old.

Holloway had a height advantage of 3 inches over Ortega. Despite this, both fighters had 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, 110 to Ortega's 56.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Brian Ortega had been fighting more than Max Holloway.

Going to this contest, Max Holloway had last fought 6 years, 4 months and 24 days ago, while Brian Ortega's last outing had been 6 years, 1 month and 23 days ago.

Holloway's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 5 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Ortega's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 2 months and 10 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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