Holloway vs Ortega

Who won Holloway vs Ortega?

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

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Max Holloway.

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 February 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.

Holloway vs Ortega form

Max Holloway had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Yair Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Calvin Kattar at UFC on ABC 1 on 16th January 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by split decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi.

He had been defeated 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.

Activity check

Holloway's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

Ortega's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 2 months and 6 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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