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 a 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

Volkanovski had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Islam Makhachev at UFC 294 on 21st October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Yair Rodriguez at UFC 290 on 8th July 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Islam Makhachev at UFC 284 on 11th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

Before that, he had beaten Max Holloway at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had defeated Chan Sung Jung at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Activity check

Volkanovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Ortega's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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