{"id":294020,"date":"2018-12-06T09:34:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T17:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=294020"},"modified":"2018-12-06T09:34:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T17:34:59","slug":"max-holloway-compares-his-accomplishments-to-those-of-brian-ortega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/max-holloway-compares-his-accomplishments-to-those-of-brian-ortega\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway compares his accomplishments to those of Brian Ortega"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 231 in Toronto, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will collide with undefeated challenger Brian Ortega.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the UFC 231 card, this long-awaited Holloway vs. Ortega fight is being hailed as one of the best matchups ever \u2014 at least on paper. The two 27-year-old stars possess some of the most versatile and dangerous skillsets in the game \u2014 something they&#8217;ve proven on their respective win streaks.<\/p>\n<p>Holloway will enter this fight on a jaw-dropping 12-fight win-streak, during which times he&#8217;s best opposition such as Charles Oliveira, Cub Swanson, Jeremy Stephens, Ricardo Lamas, Anthony Pettis, and the great Jose Aldo (twice). Ortega, meanwhile, enters the fight with a flawless 13-0 record, six of which have occurred in the UFC where he&#8217;s toppled top fighters like Renato Moicano, Cub Swanson and Frankie Edgar.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the UFC 231 press conference this week, the champion Max Holloway compared his incredible stretch of victories to those of Brian Ortega. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he feels he&#8217;s accomplished far more than his rival.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UjKftL\">\u201cHe\u2019s good,\u201d Holloway said (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/12\/5\/18128188\/max-holloway-says-hes-lapping-brian-ortega-everything-the-guy-did-i-did-better\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cHe\u2019s a dangerous man, but everybody keeps talking about Brian and this and that. Everything the guy did, I did better. He\u2019s on what, a six-fight win streak? I got 12. He beat a champion? I beat two \u2014 and I beat one of them twice. So at the end of the day, the \u2018Blessed\u2019 express is going around in a circle. We\u2019re lapping you, bro. And I\u2019m younger than you, so congratulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brian Ortega was given the chance to respond to this comment from Max Holloway, but chose to wait until Saturday to do his talking in the cage.<\/p>\n<p id=\"oQPsF0\">\u201cSometimes the best response is no response,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/exclusive-pro-fighters-make-their-picks-for-max-holloway-vs-brian-ortega\/\">prediction<\/a> for the UFC 231 main event title fight between Brian Ortega and Max Holloway?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/6\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 231 in Toronto, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will collide with undefeated challenger Brian Ortega. 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