UFC 231 [12/8] "Max was sick, sick, sick. Now he fights in the six, six, six" (Holloway(c)/Ortega)

[trick]

PPV main card, 10 pm ET

Featherweight title fight: Max Holloway(c)/Brian Ortega
Flyweight vacant title: Valentina Shevchenko/Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Alex Oliveira/Gunnar Nelson
Kyle Bochniak/Hakeem Dawodu
Jimi Manuwa/Thiago Santos

Prelims

Preliminary Card – FOX Sports 1 – 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT
Cláudia Gadelha vs. Nina Ansaroff
Jessica Eye vs. Katlyn Chookagian
Eryk Anders vs. Elias Theodorou
Gilbert Burns vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Preliminary Card – UFC Fight Pass – 6:15pm ET / 3:15pm PT
Aleksandar Rakić vs. Devin Clark
Brad Katona vs. Matthew Lopez
Chad Laprise vs. Dhiego Lima
Carlos Diego Ferreira vs. Jesse Ronson

Will update the opening post with prelim times when the time comes.

 

[Primetime]

Kinda surprised this is tumbleweed status so far. Holloway/Ortega should be a big fight

 

[xXMASHERXx]

Kinda surprised this is tumbleweed status so far. Holloway/Ortega should be a big fight

Maybe its just me but I haven't really noticed this fight being promoted like it should be. I think the main and co-main are going to be good fights.

 

[jackswstd]

Max gotta move up. He looked terrible and emaciated at the weigh in.

 

[Primetime]

Maybe its just me but I haven't really noticed this fight being promoted like it should be. I think the main and co-main are going to be good fights.

Maybe i'm getting their weight classes mixed up but aren't both Holloway/Ortega close enough to the Khabib, Connor, Fergusion division, that this fight should be a pretty big deal? Holloway lost a respectable bout vs Connor years back before he was as improved as he is now and was going to fight Khabib before the setback. Ortega has been pretty impressive out the gate as well.

I forgot this fight was even this weekend until a coworker reminded me a couple days ago

 

[xXMASHERXx]

Maybe i'm getting their weight classes mixed up but aren't both Holloway/Ortega close enough to the Khabib, Connor, Fergusion division, that this fight should be a pretty big deal? Holloway lost a respectable bout vs Connor years back before he was as improved as he is now and was going to fight Khabib before the setback. Ortega has been pretty impressive out the gate as well.

I forgot this fight was even this weekend until a coworker reminded me a couple days ago

Holloway and Ortega are in the weight class just below. So yeah this fight should be bigger than it is especially if Max wins convincingly there wouldn't be any reason for him to stay at featherweight.

And yeah I didn't even think about this fight until I was watching a press conference yesterday.

 

[THEREALBRAND]

Max’s mysterious illness makes me question how he’s going to hold up tomorrow

 

[PHamm]

On paper this main event is top 3 this year

 

[KING WILL]

might have to order this one.

 

[8====D]

This card looks stacked (on paper). I hope we get hella finishes tonight!

 

[Lord Beasley]

finally

waited for this shyt for a min.

i got T-City and my girl Valentina


max looked kinda shook during weigh-ins tho.

picking thiago ( don't sleep tho)
claudia on the card too lawd

 

[thernbroom]

Ortega got this easily

 

[Kenny West]

Meh card. Smh @ magny fighting again so soon after getting KO'd

 

[Conscious Pilot]

Max’s mysterious illness makes me question how he’s going to hold up tomorrow

Max and Antonio Brown are two guys you can tell ain’t all there due to the damage they’ve took in their respective professions.

 

[hazardous]

This will be a good test for Max; his style is perfectly suited to beat Aldo, and Pettis never belonged at 145, so Ortega will be able to make this one competitive.