Volkanovski vs Ortega

Who won Volkanovski vs Ortega?

Alexander Volkanovski beat Brian Ortega by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 266, on Saturday 25th September 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 50-44, 50-45, 49-46 in favor of the winner Alexander Volkanovski.

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.

Volkanovski vs Ortega stats

Alexander Volkanovski stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Brian Ortega made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Alexander Volkanovski's UFC record stood at 13-3-0, while Brian Ortega's came in at 8-3-0.

The stats suggested Volkanovski had a large advantage in power over Ortega, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Ortega's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ortega had a massive advantage over Volkanovski, boasting a 47% submission rate over Volkanovski's 14%.

Alexander Volkanovski was the older man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Ortega had a height advantage of 2 inches over Volkanovski. Despite this, he had 3-inch reach advantage.

Volkanovski was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years later than Ortega, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 26 more professional rounds, 82 to Ortega's 56.

Volkanovski vs Ortega form

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

In his last fight before 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.

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Ortega's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 23 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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