Holloway retains title by doctor stoppage in ‘instant classic’ with Ortega

The main event of UFC 231 featured champion Max Holloway defending his featherweight title against previously unbeaten top contender Brian Ortega. Holloway was actually a slight underdog coming into the bout off a layoff, but proved to be as good as ever winning by doctor stoppage after the fourth round.

Ortega proved to be a game challenger and had his moments, but it was Holloway’s unrelenting pressure that overwhelmed Ortega. Holloway poured it on in the fourth round creating a large hematoma under the left eye of Ortega. In between the rounds, the doctor determined it would be unsafe for Ortega to continue and called an end to the bout.

UFC 231 took place Saturday, December 8th from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and air exclusively and live on PPV.

Brian Ortega is undoubtedly one of the finest young fighters on the planet.

But he happens to share a weight class with a competitor who is on the short list for pound-for-pound best in UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway.

The Waianae, Hawaii native threw down with Ortega for four scintillating rounds on Saturday night in the main event of UFC 231 at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. The ultra-tough Ortega weathered the storm and rallied before Holloway found a second wind and won the fight.

Ortega made it through a fourth round in which he absorbed a brutal beating, but the cage side physician waved off the bout, meaning it goes into the books as a TKO victory at 5:00 of round four for the defending champion.

With the victory, Holloway won his 13th consecutive fight since a 2013 decision loss to former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor.

source: mmafighting.com

Official Result: Max Holloway defeated Brian Ortega by TKO (Doctor’s Stoppage, Round 4, 5:00)

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