LAS VEGAS — The scores were wide in Alexander Volkanovski’s favor, but numbers don’t explain the mortal danger the Australian’s featherweight title reign was in Saturday at UFC 266 in the third round of his main event with Brian Ortega at T-Mobile Arena.
Volkanovski was battering Ortega for two-plus rounds, when Ortega landed a left hand that dropped Volkanovski and brought the sell-out crowd to its feet.
Ortega, one of the best submission artists in the game, caught Volkanovski in a mounted guillotine. He was squeezing for all he was worth and the grimace on the champion’s face told the story.