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Conor McGregor reacts to Max Holloway’s victory over Brian Ortega
Former UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and current division title holder Max Holloway are two of the promotions biggest stars. The UFC standouts have actually squared off in the past, with Conor McGregor emerging victorious by way of unanimous decision. That fight took place over five years ago, at UFC Fight Night 26 in Boston. […]
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Brian Ortega breaks silence on stoppage loss to Max Holloway
Last night, in the main event of UFC 231 in Toronto, undefeated featherweight contender Brian Ortega stepped into the cage with UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway. While Ortega had some real success in his long-awaited title fight with Holloway, he was ultimately thumped severely enough that the cage-side doctor elected to stop the fight between […]
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Max Holloway still doesn’t consider himself the greatest featherweight of all time
Shortly after UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title with a emphatic stoppage defeat of Brian Ortega, UFC President Dana White praised him as one of “the all-time greats.” “It’s impossible not to talk about him among the all-time greats,” White said of Holloway post-fight. Yet Max Holloway is not ready to call himself […]
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Dana White defends Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega stoppage
Last night, in the main event of UFC 231 in Toronto, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title for a second time, thumping formerly undefeated challenger Brian Ortega with such severity that the cage-side doctor stopped the fight between the fourth and fifth rounds. While not everybody agreed with the doctor’s decision to end […]
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Dana White shares his ideal plan for ‘all-time great’ Max Holloway after UFC 231
On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 231, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title for a second time with a stoppage defeat of the formerly undefeated Brian Ortega. Shortly after Holloway’s impressive featherweight title defense, UFC President Dana White reiterated that he feels the featherweight champion would be wise to move […]
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After UFC 231 win, Max Holloway targets several lightweight superfights
After his thrilling, stoppage defeat of Brian Ortega at UFC 231, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is interested in heading up to lightweight to battle some of the division’s top stars. Of all the dangerous fighters in the UFC lightweight division, none interest Holloway more than undefeated champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. “Khabib is another undefeated fighter,” […]
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Dillon Danis believes people “do Conor McGregor dirty” by suggesting Max Holloway is the best featherweight ever
Dillon Danis believes people are doing Conor McGregor dirty by suggesting Max Holloway is the best featherweight fighter in the history of the sport. Holloway successfully defend his UFC featherweight gold at tonight’s UFC 231 event, earning an impressive TKO victory over the previously undefeated Brian Ortega. Following his sensational win tonight in Toronto, “Blessed” […]
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Fighters react to Max Holloway stopping Brian Ortega at UFC 231
Tonight’s UFC 231 event was headlined by a highly anticipated featherweight title fight featuring reigning champ Max Holloway taking on undefeated contender Brian Ortega. Max Holloway returned to action tonight for the first time since UFC 218 in December of 2017, where he defeated former division kingpin Jose Aldo for a second time by way […]
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UFC 231 Results: Max Holloway TKO’s Brian Ortega (Highlights)
Tonight’s UFC 231 event is headlined by a highly anticipated featherweight title fight featuring current champ Max Holloway taking on undefeated contender Brian Ortega. Max Holloway (19-3 MMA) has not competed since UFC 218 in December of 2017, when he defeated former division kingpin Jose Aldo for a second time by way of TKO. Meanwhile, […]
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UFC 231 Live Results
The octagon returns to Toronto, Ontario, Canada this evening for the promotions stacked UFC 231 pay-per-view event. The fight card is headlined by a highly anticipated featherweight title fight featuring current champ Max Holloway taking on undefeated contender Brian Ortega. Max Holloway has not competed since UFC 218 in December of 2017, where he defeated […]
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Opinion | Max Holloway’s “Blessed Era” only more special as he battles back from adversity
In the fight game, a recurring narrative surrounding fighters, coaches, and promotions is “what have you done for us lately?” and unfortunately, that sometimes leads to greatness being missed. For a perfect example of this, look at Max Holloway, who has been sidelined since he defended the UFC featherweight title against Jose Aldo at UFC […]
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UFC 231 weigh in results: Max Holloway, Brian Ortega weigh in below featherweight limit
On Saturday night, the UFC will return to Toronto, Ontario, Canada with the stacked UFC 231 card. This card will be headlined by a men’s featherweight title fight between streaking champion Max Holloway and undefeated challenger Brian Ortega. The two were originally scheduled to fight at UFC 226 in July, but this plan was nixed […]
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Dana White says current featherweight champion Max Holloway is ‘too big’ to keep fighting at 145-pounds
UFC President Dana White believes current featherweight champion Max Holloway is ‘too big’ to keep fighting in the promotions 145-pound division. Max Holloway is set to put his featherweight title on the line against undefeated contender Brian Ortega in the main event of this Saturday’s UFC 231 event in Toronto. The Hawaiian champion has not […]
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VIDEO | Max Holloway tells hilarious story of how a stranger thought he was Tony Ferguson
“So here’s the situation, we wanted to go eat and the worker comes up like, ‘Yo! Dude!’ he’s like, ‘Bro! Anybody ever told you you look like Tony Ferguson?’ And I kinda just like waved it off and [was] like, ‘Yeah, cool.’ He’s like, ‘Yo, man you don’t know what UFC is?’ And I was […]
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Max Holloway compares his accomplishments to those of Brian Ortega
This Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 231 in Toronto, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will collide with undefeated challenger Brian Ortega. Ahead of the UFC 231 card, this long-awaited Holloway vs. Ortega fight is being hailed as one of the best matchups ever — at least on paper. The two 27-year-old stars […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Pro fighters make their picks for Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega
This Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 231, streaking UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will attempt to defend his title against undefeated challenger Brian Ortega. Heading into this fight, fans are divided in their predictions. As it turns out, professional fighters are also treading both sides of the fence. BJPENN.com recently reached out […]
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Max Holloway and Brian Ortega agree they will probably fight multiple times
Max Holloway and Brian Ortega are two of the most dangerous and versatile young fighters in MMA, and this Saturday, in the main event of UFC 231, they’ll fight. Heading into this fight, which will see Holloway attempt to defend his featherweight title against Ortega, fans are divided in their predictions. Whatever the outcome of […]
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Brian Ortega explains why he isn’t emotionally invested in Max Holloway fight
Brian Ortega and Max Holloway are set to fight at UFC 231 on Saturday for the UFC featherweight belt. This isn’t the first time the two have been scheduled to fight, however. At UFC 226 in July, Holloway and Ortega were booked to collide, but Holloway ended up having to pull out of the fight. […]
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Max Holloway willing to fight Renato Moicano on an hour’s notice if Brian Ortega doesn’t show up
Yesterday afternoon, it was announced that Brazil’s Renato Moicano will be the standby fighter for the UFC 231 main event. He will be called to arms in the event that UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway or undefeated challenger Brian Ortega isn’t able to show up. Apparently, Moicano is very ready for the opportunity. In fact, […]
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Renato Moicano to serve as alternate for Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega fight
If UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway or undefeated challenger Brian Ortega isn’t able to make it to the cage for their anticipated UFC 231 main event title fight, Renato Moicano will be called up to step in and replace the absent fighter. The streaking Brazilian featherweight contender will fly to Toronto, the card’s host city, […]
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Max Holloway believes that health issues are a thing of the past, ‘We’re going to make it’
Three separate opponents, three-fight cancellations. That’s not exactly the type of year that any fighter wants to have. Let alone a champion of Max Holloway’s caliber. Unfortunately, that’s exactly how his 2018 played out so far. Holloway’s first fight cancellation came early for March’s UFC 222 event which saw him set to take on Frankie […]
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UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway opens up on struggles with depression
The year 2018 has not been particularly kind to UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway. The Hawaiian champ has been scheduled for three fights — a title defense against Frankie Edgar, a last-minute lightweight fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov, and a title defense against Brian Ortega — but not one has come to fruition. Speaking on Good Show […]
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Max Holloway will be stripped of his title if he doesn’t fight at UFC 231
Max Holloway (19-3 MMA) will put his UFC featherweight title on the line against undefeated contender Brian Ortega (14-0 MMA) at UFC 231 on December 8 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. If the slated Holloway vs. Ortega fight does come to fruition at UFC 231, it will mark the first time in over a year that […]
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Report | Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega in the works for UFC 231
One of MMA’s most highly anticipated matchups possibly of all time was missed out on at UFC 226. But now it appears to be on for a new date. Ar UFC 226, the featherweight crown was expected to be defended by the reigning champion Max Holloway as he was set to take on the blazing […]
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Max Holloway gives update, expects return by year’s end, ‘This wasn’t a weight cut thing’
We lost out on one of MMA’s most highly anticipated matchups in the lead up of UFC 226’s fight week. But in the end, it was for fighter safety. Showing concussion-like symptoms prior to his showdown with Brian Ortega, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway was removed from the card. Exactly what was wrong with Holloway has yet to […]
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Max Holloway’s team denies rumors that he suffered a stroke before UFC 226
UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway was supposed to defend his title against Brian Ortega at UFC 226. Unfortunately, this plan was derailed when he was forced out of the fight with health problems. Initial reports on Holloway’s withdrawal stated that he was dealing with “concussion-like symptoms” during fight week. Since then, however, rumors have surfaced […]
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BREAKING | Max Holloway breaks silence on UFC 226 removal, responds to Nurmagomedov and McGregor
Earlier this week, unfortunate news struck the mixed martial arts world when ESPN announced that current UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway had been forced out of his scheduled UFC 226 title fight with Brian Ortega. “Blessed” was hospitalized due to concussion-like symptoms and thus removed from this weekend’s highly anticipated UFC 226 pay-per-view fight card. […]
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Conor McGregor criticizes fan reactions to Max Holloway’s UFC 226 withdrawal
When UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway was forced out of his UFC 226 co-main event title fight with Brian Ortega, the first question out of many fan’s mouths was ‘who is the UFC going to get to replace him?’ Former UFC lightweight and featherweight champ Conor McGregor seems to have a problem with that initial […]