{"id":279994,"date":"2018-07-05T06:19:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T13:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=279994"},"modified":"2018-07-05T06:23:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T13:23:56","slug":"report-max-holloway-vs-brian-ortega-fight-could-be-rescheduled-ufc-227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/brian-ortega\/report-max-holloway-vs-brian-ortega-fight-could-be-rescheduled-ufc-227\/","title":{"rendered":"Report | Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega fight could be moved to UFC 227 main event spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway’s title fight with undefeated challenger Brian Ortega<\/a> isn’t happening. Not at UFC 226 this Saturday, at least.<\/p>\n

Last night, the MMA community was rocked<\/a> by the terrible news<\/a> that Holloway had been pulled from the fight with concussion-like symptoms \u2014 certainly not the kind of thing to take lightly.<\/p>\n

\u201cMax\u2019s team and UFC staff noticed Max was not normal since late last week,\u201d Holloway\u2019s management told\u00a0MMAjunkie<\/a>\u00a0shortly after ESPN first reported the news. \u201cThis became obvious to many watching his interviews and public appearances the past few days.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was showing concussion-like symptoms before he even started his weight cut and was rushed to the ER on Monday where they admitted him overnight. Initial scans seemed okay, and he was released Tuesday afternoon, but symptoms still continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cMax fought with his team to continue with the fight. He showed some improvement over the next day but was still showing obvious symptoms. After open workouts, he crashed and was very hard to wake up. When he did, he had flashing vision and slurred speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is now back in the ER for further tests.\u201d<\/p>\n

After this unfortunate news broke, there was a fleeting moment during which it looked as though the UFC might attempt track down a replacement opponent for Ortega, but this plan was quickly nixed.\u00a0Lance Pugmire of the LA Times, however, is reporting that the fight could be rescheduled for UFC 227, which goes down in less than a month, on August 4 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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Told by an official close to the situation that @BlessedMMA<\/a> Max Holloway @BrianTcity<\/a> Brian Ortega could be shifted to the main event at Staples Center for UFC 227 Aug. 4 depending on Holloway\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

— Lance Pugmire (@pugboxing) July 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n