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Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk Official For UFC 231

The biggest fight possible in the UFC women’s flyweight division is official. UFC Canada announced this evening (Thurs., September 20, 2018) that Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk has been signed. The fight will go down at December 8’s UFC 231 from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario: What a fight for Toronto 🇨🇦! @JoannaMMA battles […]

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The biggest fight possible in the UFC women’s flyweight division is official. UFC Canada announced this evening (Thurs., September 20, 2018) that Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk has been signed.

The fight will go down at December 8’s UFC 231 from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario:

Shevchenko was scheduled to meet Nicco Montano at September 8’s UFC 228. The plans fell apart when Montano fell ill. The UFC soon decided to strip her and vacate the title. debuted at 125 pounds with a brutal showing versus Priscila Cachoeira in February after two losses to women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes.

“Bullet” is the sort of uncrowned champion at 125 pounds due to her performance against larger opponents.

She’ll have to get past Jedrzejczyk to become the official champion. The former “Joanna Champion” suffered two straight losses to current champion Rose Namajunas. She rebounded with a decision win over Tecia Torres at UFC on FOX 30 this July. The vicious weight cut down to 115 pounds has clearly affected her in her recent bouts. Jedrzejczyk’s move was an expected one.

Shevchenko and Jedrzejczyk have actually fought three times in Muay Thai. “Bullet” won all three of the fights, which certainly should make her a solid favorite. Shevchenko has been largely flawless outside of her two fight with Nunes. Her well-round skillset makes her one of the most feared fighters in women’s mixed martial arts because of it.

Will she take home the women’s 125-pound title as a result?

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Antonio Carlos Junior Announces Withdrawal From UFC 231 Bout With Elias Theodorou

It looks like Antonio Carlos Junior won’t be making his scheduled date with Elias Theodorou at UFC 231. The Brazilian was scheduled to make the walk to the Octagon on December 8th in Toronto. It looks like an injury will prevent that from happeni…

It looks like Antonio Carlos Junior won’t be making his scheduled date with Elias Theodorou at UFC 231. The Brazilian was scheduled to make the walk to the Octagon on December 8th in Toronto. It looks like an injury will prevent that from happening. He announced the following on Twitter: “Hey @EliasTheodorou Really sorry man! The injury […]

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Max Holloway Says He Learned of UFC 231 Fight on the Internet

Max Holloway is gearing up to make a triumphant return to the Octagon after being forced to withdraw from UFC 226, where he would have defended his featherweight championship against Brian Ortega. The causes of the concussion-like symptoms that hospita…

Max Holloway is gearing up to make a triumphant return to the Octagon after being forced to withdraw from UFC 226, where he would have defended his featherweight championship against Brian Ortega. The causes of the concussion-like symptoms that hospitalized Holloway and made him inactive are still unknown, but the doctors have given Holloway the […]

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Max Holloway Is Cleared To Fight But His Return Is Not Finalized Yet

Max Holloway cleared to return.

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Hawaii stand up! Max Holloway is cleared to fight but nothing official for UFC 231 yet.

It took the doctors some time, but it appears reigning featherweight champion Max Holloway’s health concers are no more.

Holloway, 26, was pulled from his title defense against Brian Ortega at UFC 226 last July (2018). The reason for Holloway’s removal is still not completely understood. ‘Concussion-like symptoms’ would be the verdict.

Just two short months later and “Blessed” is in the clear as he revealed on the latest episode of UFC Tonight.

Injury

“The good thing is all the concussion experts and stuff, they said that I’m clear and free from all of that,” explained Holloway. “We saw some doctors about my health with my potassium levels and stuff was great so we can cut out that whatever weight cut thing that people was saying.”

“The great thing is we don’t really have an answer but at the end of the day, they’re clearing us to fight. The big things that everybody was worried about, it’s not that so I’m excited. It’s time to get back to work, where I belong in that Octagon and can’t wait to get back to what I love.”

Rumors

Rumors have been swirling that Holloway is set to defend the featherweight strap at UFC 231. Ortega himself went on record and stated that he had been offered a contract to fight the Hawian at said event. However, Holloway was quick to point out that he hasn’t signed any contract yet.

“We’ll see what happens,” Holloway said about what’s next for him. “As everybody saw, I found out the same way that everybody found out about some fight in Toronto. I found out from the internet. Some media guy texted me ‘hey congrats on the fight, champ, when do you want to talk about it? Let me know’. I was like what fight, I didn’t text him back, I went on the internet and saw the news going crazy.”

“I guess the UFC is doing the right thing. They know they don’t need to tell me about any fight, they just send me over the contract and your boy’s ready.”

Watch Max Holloway on UFC Tonight here:

The Ortega fight may not be official yet, but it feels imminent. With the champ back and ready to go its just a matter of time before these two featherweights face off for what many people believe will be the first of several fights.

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Brian Ortega Says Bout With Max Holloway Could be “Fight of the Year”

Brian Ortega says he can sense a “Fight of the Year” award coming. A recent report claimed that a title bout between Ortega and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight title holder Max Holloway was agreed upon for UFC 231. Ortega…

Brian Ortega says he can sense a “Fight of the Year” award coming. A recent report claimed that a title bout between Ortega and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight title holder Max Holloway was agreed upon for UFC 231. Ortega later confirmed that at the very least it’s a done deal on his side. UFC […]

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Brian Ortega Makes Encouraging Prediction For Max Holloway Fight

Ortega opened up on how much this fight means to him.

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Brian Ortega makes an encouraging prediction for his upcoming title fight against Max Holloway at the UFC 231 pay-per-view event.

The fight was reported over the weekend that Ortega would challenge the champion for the lightweight title. This is a fight that has been in the making for months now after their original fight date was nixed.

It’s been well documented that Holloway was slated to make his next title defense against the top contender in the co-main event of 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.

In a recent interview, Brian Ortega makes his case for the importance of this fight. He also spoke about what fight fans should expect from this highly anticipated fight in the 145-pound division.

Brian Ortega Makes Encouraging Prediction

“Now the world sees why I didn’t take the fight with Jeremy Stephens,” Ortega said. “I’m not trying to down him or nothing. I’m going to stay humble and keep it classy. But that’s the reason, I just didn’t want to fight backwards. It wasn’t the fact that I was afraid. The real fans that understand and appreciate the game. It’s OK, but I’m sorry. We’re going to be patient, but now look. We’re going to give you guys the show that you deserve in December.”

“I want the real title,” Ortega said. “I can’t express it enough that I want to fight for the real title. The interim title, from what I’ve seen … people get it and then they take it away in a month. I just don’t want to be that person. I have nothing against them who earned their shot and took a fight on short notice. All my respect to them. But I want something they cannot take away from me – at least the UFC can’t. If someone’s going to take it from me, it’s going to have to be an opponent, and that’s what I want.”

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. Preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass. The promotion will announce more bouts for this upcoming card in the coming weeks.

Meaning

“I get emotional,” Ortega said to MMA Junkie. “For me to put so much time in and have something like that happen, and I felt like I was thrown under the bus. It sucked, because I felt like I didn’t do anything wrong. If anything, I’ve been doing everything to try to please the promotion. You guys called me for six days on Khabib (Nurmagomedov), I took it. You called me for Frankie (Edgar) on three weeks, I took it. You guys called me back in the day for two weeks on (Thiago) Tavares, I took it. It’s never been a fear thing. It’s never been that I’m not a company man. But at the same time, every step that I’ve taken is a strategic step.”

“Fight of the year,” Ortega said. “To top the year off.”

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