Max Holloway was able to defend his title against very dangerous Brian Ortega. Max Holloway dominated fight from beginning, busting the face of Ortega and at the end of round 4, during the break, doctor stopped the fight because the left eye or Ortega was completely closed and his face was bleeding from everywhere.
Holloway performed on insane level, he was able to mix combination of 8,9 or 10 shots and switching the stance while doing it and keeping the perfect distance at the same time. Ortega just did not had answer for these killing combinations.
"I'm ending it now."@BlessedMMA #UFC231 pic.twitter.com/95DtsMYqkD
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Max is so good in his ability to read the opponent, his movement, fighting patterns, stamina… he used first round to download that data, second round to test some combinations and in the beginnig of round 4 he pointed out to the ground which meant ” in this round he is going down”. Ortega did not went down, mostly thanks to his chin and the heart, but he received such a beating that doctor stopped the fight and everybody agrees with that.
“It was just nod good idea to let Ortega fight the fifth round, healthwise” – said Dana White after the fight.
Who leaves with the strap? 🏆
IT'S TIME! #UFC231 pic.twitter.com/ZNNHQB3Iww
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A clean right by the champ!
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AN INSANE ROUND! 🏆 #UFC231 pic.twitter.com/7GODD5ZvuB
— UFC (@ufc) December 9, 2018
WON'T. BACK. DOWN. #UFC231 pic.twitter.com/Xm1Q3e28eG
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💰 B O N U S E S 💰
POTN: @BlessedMMA & @TMarretaMMA
FOTN: Holloway vs Ortega #UFC231 pic.twitter.com/UL6mSwRWF0— UFC (@ufc) December 9, 2018
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The best is @BlessedMMA! 🏆 #UFC231 pic.twitter.com/AVS67ZLrA8
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Holloway had every round won on the judges’ scorecards going into the fifth. One judge gave him a 10-8 in one of those rounds. #UFC231 pic.twitter.com/1RApUaHyBP
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) December 9, 2018