Tag: Max Holloway

Quote: I Thought McGregor Was Doing Great Against Khabib

A reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title holder doesn’t believe Conor McGregor fared as bad against Khabib Nurmagomedov as others do. McGregor challenged Nurmagomedov for the UFC lightweight championship back in October. “The E…

A reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title holder doesn’t believe Conor McGregor fared as bad against Khabib Nurmagomedov as others do. McGregor challenged Nurmagomedov for the UFC lightweight championship back in October. “The Eagle” ended up winning the bout via fourth round submission. While McGregor looked to be having some success in the third round, […]

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Max Holloway Shares Biggest Goal Ahead of UFC 231

Tonight at UFC 231, one of the most anticipated bouts of the year will take place when Max Holloway defends his featherweight strap against Brian Ortega from the Scotiabank Arena. All checkpoints have been cleared, and we are headed towards a climactic…

Tonight at UFC 231, one of the most anticipated bouts of the year will take place when Max Holloway defends his featherweight strap against Brian Ortega from the Scotiabank Arena. All checkpoints have been cleared, and we are headed towards a climactic finish line in the evening’s main event. After making weight and hushing all […]

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UFC 231 Full Fight Card, Start Time & How To Watch

Tonight (Sat. December 8, 2018) the UFC will be in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for UFC 231. The pay-per-view (PPV) goes down from the Scotiabank Arena. It will be headlined by a tremendous UFC featherweight championship contest. Champion Max Holloway will defend his title against jiu-jitsu ace Brian “T-City” Ortega. Also, in the co-main event, the […]

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Tonight (Sat. December 8, 2018) the UFC will be in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for UFC 231. The pay-per-view (PPV) goes down from the Scotiabank Arena. It will be headlined by a tremendous UFC featherweight championship contest.

Champion Max Holloway will defend his title against jiu-jitsu ace Brian “T-City” Ortega. Also, in the co-main event, the vacant women’s flyweight championship will receive a title holder. Valentina Shavchenko and Joanna J?drzejczyk will compete for the honor.

The UFC has compiled a great card for fight fans tonight. Check out the full UFC 231 fight card, start time, and information on how to watch below:

Main Card (PPV, 10 P.M. ET):

  • Featherweight: (C) Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega
  • Women’s flyweight: Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna J?drzejczyk **for vacant women’s flyweight title**
  • Welterweight: Alex Oliveira vs. Gunnar Nelson
  • Featherweight: Hakeem Dawodu vs. Kyle Bochniak
  • Light heavyweight: Jimi Manuwa vs. Thiago Santos

Preliminary Card (FS1, 8 P.M. ET):

  • Women’s strawweight: Claudia Gadelha vs. Nina Ansaroff
  • Lightweight: Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Gilbert Burns
  • Women’s flyweight: Kaitlyn Chookagian vs. Jessica Eye
  • Middleweight: Elias Theodorou vs. Eryk Anders

UFC Fight Pass Exclusive Prelims (6 P.M. ET):

  • Bantamweight: Brad Katona vs. Matthew Lopez
  • Welterweight: Chad Laprise vs. Dhiego Lima
  • Lightweight: Carlos Diego Ferreira vs. Kyle Nelson
  • Light heavyweight: Devin Clark vs. Aleksandar Rakic

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UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega Fight Card, TV Info, Predictions and More

The featherweight division is finally getting its marquee fight. UFC 231 is set to be headlined by reigning champion Max Holloway as he looks to defend against undefeated Brian Ortega…

The featherweight division is finally getting its marquee fight. UFC 231 is set to be headlined by reigning champion Max Holloway as he looks to defend against undefeated Brian Ortega…

Dana White Thinks Max Holloway Needs To Move To Lightweight

Dana White thinks th current UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway needs to make a change in weight class. This comes off the fact that he had major issues trying to make weight earlier this year and him being a big guy for the featherweight division. The UFC President made these comments just a few days […]

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Dana White thinks th current UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway needs to make a change in weight class. This comes off the fact that he had major issues trying to make weight earlier this year and him being a big guy for the featherweight division. The UFC President made these comments just a few days before Holloway makes his next title defense against Brian Ortega in the headliner of UFC 231.

Back in July, Holloway was set to make his next title defense against the top contender in the co-main event of the UFC 226 pay-per-view event. Obviously, that didn’t happen as Holloway was forced to pull out of the fight.

According to White, he’s not worried about Holloway’s weight but does think that he needs to make a change to his pro-MMA career. That change would see him move up to the lightweight division. It should be noted that Holloway made weight for UFC 231.

“It’s weird; I’m not nervous, but I should be,” UFC President Dana White told MMAJunkie recently. “You know, I didn’t want him to fight again at ’45. He wanted this fight so bad. He got cleared by every test and doctor and everything we’ve done. Came in light this week, so we’ll see what happens. Yeah, it would be really bad if he didn’t make weight.”

“I think he needs to go to ’55,” White said. “He’s too big for this weight. You can’t keep doing this to yourself and cutting down to ’45. But you know what he wanted? He wants this Ortega fight. He wants to fight Ortega so bad. This is the fight he wanted. He got it. He medically got cleared, and he got what he wanted.”

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Max Holloway Makes Weight For UFC 231 Title Fight

Max Holloway makes weight for his fight at the UFC 231 pay-per-view event after UFC officials had the official weigh-ins on Friday. The UFC featherweight champion is slated to make his next title defense against Brian Ortega in the headliner of this show. Holloway took the scale and weighed in at 144.5 pounds, which is […]

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Max Holloway makes weight for his fight at the UFC 231 pay-per-view event after UFC officials had the official weigh-ins on Friday.

The UFC featherweight champion is slated to make his next title defense against Brian Ortega in the headliner of this show. Holloway took the scale and weighed in at 144.5 pounds, which is a great sign considering the issues that he had in his latest attempt. You can read the full weigh-in results here.

Ortega and Holloway were supposed to fight at the UFC 226 pay-per-view event. That show went down in July at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. But Holloway was forced to pull out of the fight after he had been experiencing concussion-like symptoms.

He was taken to a hospital earlier that week then appeared to be better. However, then it took a turn for the worst and the fight was nixed.

The UFC 231 pay-per-view is set to take place on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 6 p.m. ET.

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