Brian Ortega did everything in his power to loosen Max Holloway’s grip on the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s featherweight throne. He was unsuccessful.
Holloway retained his undisputed 145-pound title in resounding fashion, as he forced a doctor stoppage after the fourth round of their UFC 231 headliner on Saturday at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The cageside physician took one look at Ortega’s grotesquely swollen left eye and declared him unfit to continue. No one in their right mind could have argued with his decision.
Ortega put up considerable resistance and obliged the Hawaiian with a war of attrition, only to be met with four-, five- and six-punch combinations.