Saturday, December 8, 2018Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada
Max Holloway defeated Brian Ortega by TKO in round 4 (5:00) in the Featherweight title main event of UFC 231: Holloway vs Ortega, held Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto.
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Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega
Fight stats: totals
Same scale left and right on every row; the pale tail behind a bar is attempts
Max HollowayBrian Ortega
0
Knockdowns0
290 / 490
Significant strikes110 / 292
59%
Sig. strike accuracy38%
307 / 507
Total strikes112 / 294
1 / 1
Takedowns2 / 11
100%
Takedown accuracy18%
0:16
Control time2:25
Where it landed
Significant strikes landed by target in this fight
Max HollowayBrian Ortega
24484%8779%
Head
4114%1615%
Body
52%76%
Leg
Where it happened
Where the landed significant strikes came from
Max Holloway
97%
Brian Ortega
92%
■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground
Range × target
Significant strikes landed by range and target in this fight · landed / attempted in each cell
Max Holloway290 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
238238/423
3838/51
55/5
Clinch
55/6
33/4
0
Ground
11/1
0
0
Brian Ortega110 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
8585/264
1111/13
55/5
Clinch
22/3
55/5
22/2
Ground
0
0
0
Round by round
Significant strikes landed per round
Max HollowayBrian Ortega
R1
40
19
R2
66
33
R3
50
30
R4
134
28
Bars share one scale across rounds. The side that landed more is solid.
Round 1
0
Knockdowns0
40 / 84
Significant strikes19 / 65
48%
Sig. strike accuracy29%
46 / 90
Total strikes19 / 65
0 / 0
Takedowns1 / 3
0:00
Control time0:22
Round 2
0
Knockdowns0
66 / 126
Significant strikes33 / 92
52%
Sig. strike accuracy36%
66 / 126
Total strikes33 / 92
0 / 0
Takedowns0 / 1
0:00
Control time0:00
Round 3
0
Knockdowns0
50 / 84
Significant strikes30 / 81
60%
Sig. strike accuracy37%
54 / 88
Total strikes32 / 83
0 / 0
Takedowns1 / 2
0:00
Control time1:05
Round 4
0
Knockdowns0
134 / 196
Significant strikes28 / 54
68%
Sig. strike accuracy52%
141 / 203
Total strikes28 / 54
1 / 1
Takedowns0 / 5
100%
Takedown accuracy0%
0:16
Control time0:58
Betting Odds
Max Holloway
-119
54% implied win probability
Open: -140Best: -115
Brian Ortega
-108
52% implied win probability
Open: +110Best: +100
Average moneyline across 4 sportsbooks.
Line Movement
| Sportsbook | Max Holloway | Brian Ortega |
|---|---|---|
| Bookmaker | -118 | -112 |
| Bovada | -115 | -115 |
| sports-interaction | -130 | +100 |
| unibet | -115 | -106 |
Odds are for information only.
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Insights
- Brian Ortega absorbs 6.38 significant strikes a minute, more than 97% of UFC fighters.
- Max Holloway absorbs 4.60 significant strikes a minute, more than 82% of UFC fighters.
- Max Holloway lands 6.92 significant strikes a minute, more than 98% of UFC fighters.
- Max Holloway spends 80% of fight time at distance.
Style & credentials
Max Holloway
KickboxingBJJ
- 2026Black belt · BJJPedro Sauer
- 2011X-1 Lightweight ChampionshipX-1 World Events
- 2021Brown belt · BJJRylan Lizares
Brian Ortega
BJJ
- 2013Black belt · BJJRener Gracie
- 2014RFA Featherweight ChampionshipResurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA)
- 2011RITC Featherweight ChampionshipRespect in the Cage (RITC)
- 2018LFA announcement dated 2018-02-06, cited as a reference on Wikipedia. The archived page could not be fetched directly in this session, so the claim rests on the citation title plus Wikipedia's use of it.
Sig. strikes by zone
Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes
65%71%
Head
24%18%
Body
11%11%
Leg
Time in position
Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground
Max Hollowaylast 8 fights
80%14%
Brian Ortegalast 4 fights
70%9%21%
■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground
How good, really
Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words
Max Holloway· from fights outside the UFC Brian Ortega· from fights outside the UFC
Strikes landed / min
6.923.84
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Max Holloway · Elite · better than 98% of UFC fightersBrian Ortega · Good · better than 64% of UFC fighters
Strikes taken / minfewer is better
4.606.38
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Max Holloway · Poor · better than 18% of UFC fightersBrian Ortega · Poor · better than 3% of UFC fighters
Takedowns landed / 15 min
0.220.93
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Max Holloway · Poor · better than 11% of UFC fightersBrian Ortega · Average · better than 41% of UFC fighters
Takedown accuracy
53%25%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Max Holloway · Good · better than 81% of UFC fightersBrian Ortega · Below avg · better than 20% of UFC fighters
Takedown defence
81%55%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Max Holloway · Elite · better than 85% of UFC fightersBrian Ortega · Below avg · better than 33% of UFC fighters
Submission attempts / 15 min
0.300.90
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Max Holloway · Average · better than 40% of UFC fightersBrian Ortega · Good · better than 77% of UFC fighters
Ranked against 1483 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.
Striking & grappling
Same scale left and right on every row
6.92
Strikes landed / min3.84
4.60
Strikes taken / minfewer is better6.38
0.22 / 0.4
Takedowns landed / 15 min0.93 / 3.7
53%
Takedown accuracy25%
81%
Takedown defence55%
0:54
Control time / fight1:11
0.30
Submission attempts / 15 min0.90
Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.
Where the strikes land
Range × target
Max Holloway33 UFC fights · 3693 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
56%2084/5489
21%769/1065
11%399/517
Clinch
3%125/190
3%120/132
0%1/2
Ground
5%180/256
0%10/10
0%5/5
Brian Ortega14 UFC fights · 742 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
63%465/1609
16%117/167
10%75/92
Clinch
4%29/43
2%17/18
0%3/4
Ground
5%34/52
0%2/2
0%0/0
Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.
When it ends
Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended
Max Holloway17 of 37 ended early · 46%20 went the distance
R1R2R3R4R5
Brian Ortega13 of 21 ended early · 62%8 went the distance
R1R2R3R4R5
2 early stoppages have no logged time
finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended
Recent form · last 5
Max Holloway3-2
- W
- LUFC 326: Holloway vs Oliveira 2 · Mar 7, 2026Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Lightweight
- WUFC 318: Holloway vs Poirier 3 · Jul 19, 2025Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Lightweight
- L
- W
Full record · 37 fightsShow less
- WUFC Fight Night: Holloway vs The Korean Zombie · Aug 26, 2023TKO · R3 · 0:23 · Featherweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Allen · Apr 15, 2023Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- LUFC 276: Adesanya vs Cannonier · Jul 2, 2022Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Rodriguez · Nov 13, 2021Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Kattar · Jan 17, 2021Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- L
- LUFC 245: Usman vs Covington · Dec 14, 2019Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- WUFC 240: Holloway vs Edgar · Jul 27, 2019Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- LUFC 236: Holloway vs Poirier 2 · Apr 13, 2019Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Interim Lightweight
- W
- W
- W
- W
- WUFC 199: Rockhold vs Bisping 2 · Jun 4, 2016Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- WUFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor · Dec 12, 2015Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- W
- WUFC Fight Night: Machida vs Rockhold · Apr 18, 2015Submission · R3 · 3:58 · Featherweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Thatch · Feb 14, 2015Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs MacDonald · Oct 4, 2014TKO · R1 · 3:11 · Featherweight
- W
- W
- WWill ChopeUFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs Lim · Jan 4, 2014TKO · R2 · 2:27 · Featherweight
- LUFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen · Aug 17, 2013Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- L
- W
- W
- WPat SchillingThe Ultimate Fighter: Live Finale · Jun 1, 2012Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- L
- WEddie RinconHawaii Regional · Jul 1, 2011DEC
- W
- WBryson KamakaX-1 World Events 37 · Nov 6, 2010TKO · R1 · 3:09 · Lightweight
- WDuke SaragosaX-1 World Events 36 · Sep 11, 2010Unanimous Decision · Lightweight
Brian Ortega1-4
- LUFC Fight Night: Walker vs Zhang · Aug 23, 2025Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Catchweight
- LUFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC O'Malley vs Dvalishvili · Sep 14, 2024Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- W
- L
- LUFC 266: Volkanovski vs Ortega · Sep 25, 2021Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
Full record · 22 fightsShow less
- WUFC Fight Night: Ortega vs Jung · Oct 18, 2020Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- L
- W
- W
- W
- W
- W
- W
- NC
- WKeoni KochRFA 12: Ortega vs. Koch · Jan 24, 2014SD · Featherweight
- W
- WThomas GuimondRespect in the Cage · May 4, 2013Submission
- WCarlos GarcesRespect in the Cage · Mar 11, 2011DEC
- WChris MercadoRespect in the Cage · Jan 15, 2011DEC
- WVincent MartinezRespect in the Cage · Jul 24, 2010Submission
- WBrady HarrisonGladiator Challenge · Jun 27, 2010Unanimous Decision
- WJohn SassoneGladiator Challenge · Apr 25, 2010Submission · R1 · 1:48
Frequently asked questions
Who won Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega?
Max Holloway defeated Brian Ortega by TKO in round 4 (5:00) in the Featherweight title main event of UFC 231: Holloway vs Ortega, held Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto.