In the first part of our breakdown, we dove into the insane third round between Alexander Volkanovski and Brian Ortega from UFC 266. We detailed the nasty guillotine that the champion described as “about-to-lose-the-belt deep,” along with a follow up attempt at a darce choke.
There was so much more that happened in this entertaining back-and-forth title bout, so let’s pick it up right where we left off. There were two more more submission attempts and even more interesting transitions, and here, we will go over what they both did, what went right, and what ultimately prevented the finish:
As soon as Volkanovski got out of those guillotine and darce attempts from earlier, he still willingly engaged Ortega on the ground and was able to land some punishing ground and pound.