Alex Oliveira Believes He Matches Up Well With Gunnar Nelson

Alex Oliveira feels there are key paths to victory available to him against Gunnar Nelson. Tomorrow night (Dec. 8), Oliveira will go one-on-one with Nelson on the main card of UFC 231. The action will take place inside the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, …

Alex Oliveira feels there are key paths to victory available to him against Gunnar Nelson. Tomorrow night (Dec. 8), Oliveira will go one-on-one with Nelson on the main card of UFC 231. The action will take place inside the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. “Cowboy” will be looking for his third straight victory. Alex […]

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Alex Oliveira Believes He Matches Up Well With Gunnar Nelson

Alex Oliveira feels there are key paths to victory available to him against Gunnar Nelson. Tomorrow night (Dec. 8), Oliveira will go one-on-one with Nelson on the main card of UFC 231. The action will take place inside the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, …

Alex Oliveira feels there are key paths to victory available to him against Gunnar Nelson. Tomorrow night (Dec. 8), Oliveira will go one-on-one with Nelson on the main card of UFC 231. The action will take place inside the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. “Cowboy” will be looking for his third straight victory. Alex […]

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UFC 231 Embedded Episode 5

UFC 231 is a day away and the fifth episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel. In the episode, featherweight champion Max Holloway tours Toronto with his son. Title challenger Brian Ortega plays pool and then trains inside a friend’s expansive home. At media day, opponents talk about their upcoming pairings: welterweights […]

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UFC 231 is a day away and the fifth episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel.

In the episode, featherweight champion Max Holloway tours Toronto with his son. Title challenger Brian Ortega plays pool and then trains inside a friend’s expansive home. At media day, opponents talk about their upcoming pairings: welterweights Gunnar Nelson and Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira, light heavyweights Jimi Manuwa and Thiago Santos, and strawweights Claudia Gadelha and Nina Ansaroff. The stars of the main and comain perform at open workouts: Holloway, Ortega, former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and flyweight contender Valentina Shevchenko.

You can watch it here:

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UFC 231 Predictions: Holloway vs. Ortega

The time has almost arrived for UFC 231. For the final time in 2018, the UFC will be returning to Canada for a pay-per-view event featuring two title bouts. In the main event, Max Holloway will defend his UFC featherweight title against Brian Ortega. T…

The time has almost arrived for UFC 231. For the final time in 2018, the UFC will be returning to Canada for a pay-per-view event featuring two title bouts. In the main event, Max Holloway will defend his UFC featherweight title against Brian Ortega. The co-main event will see Valentina Shevchenko and Joanna Jedrzejczyk do […]

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Alternate Fighter For Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega Misses Weight

The alternate fighter that was supposed to be the backup plans should the main event of Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega not take place has missed weight. Just last month, it was revealed that ising featherweight prospect Renato Moicano would be the backup fighter in case one of these stars missed weight. Holloway is slated […]

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The alternate fighter that was supposed to be the backup plans should the main event of Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega not take place has missed weight. Just last month, it was revealed that ising featherweight prospect Renato Moicano would be the backup fighter in case one of these stars missed weight.

Holloway is slated to defend his UFC featherweight title against Orega in the headliner of the UFC 231 pay-per-view event. Holloway has had issues making it to the cage as of late. It all started when he was originally set to challenge for the lightweight title at UFC 223 in April. Then, Holloway was removed from his initially scheduled fight with Ortega at UFC 226 due to concussion-like symptoms.

UFC officials held the weigh-ins for this event on Friday morning and Moicano missed weight. Keep in mind that his only job this week was to make weight and he would be paid for his efforts. He weighed in at 146 pounds, which is over the championship limit.

This is where it could’ve been interesting. He won’t attempt to cut the extra pound. So hypothetically if he had to step into the main event, Moicano would not be eligible to win the title. Also, Moicano was cleared by a doctor to continue cutting weight. But with the main event fighters making weight, he decided to call it at 146 lbs.

The Brazilian was initially set to compete on the card against Mirsad Bektic but Bektic was forced to withdraw from the fight. It led to him being left without an opponent and the promotion made the call to put him in this spot.

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UFC 231 Weigh-in Results: Title Bouts Made Official

The UFC 231 weigh-in results are ongoing, but all fighters in the main event and co-headliner have made weight. Tomorrow night (Dec. 8), UFC 231 will take place inside the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In the main event, UFC featherweig…

The UFC 231 weigh-in results are ongoing, but all fighters in the main event and co-headliner have made weight. Tomorrow night (Dec. 8), UFC 231 will take place inside the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In the main event, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will defend his title against Brian Ortega. Many were worried […]

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