Max Holloway puts his UFC featherweight title on the line on Saturday against undefeated Brian Ortega in the main event of UFC 231.
UFC 229 takes place on Saturday, December 8 from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Here are some stats, facts and numbers to prepare you for the main event battle.
Recent Pay:
Holloway’s most recent disclosed payday was $150,000 ($75,000/$75,000) for his UFC 199 win over Ricardo Lamas. Holloway has fought three times since then. He won each of those matchups, all three of those bouts were title fights.
Ortega’s most recent disclosed payday was $200,000 ($100,000/$100,000) for his UFC 222 win over Frankie Edgar. Ortega has not fought since he knocked out Edgar.
Fight Night Bonuses:
Holloway has won five fight-night bonus awards for a total of $250,000. His most recent bonus was a “Fight of the Night” award for his UFC 212 matchup against Jose Aldo. Holloway won that fight by TKO in the third round.
Ortega has won five fight-night bonus awards for a total of $250,000. His most recent bonus was a “Performance of the Night” award for his win over Edgar. Ortega also scored the rare double bonus at UFC Fight Night 123 when he won a “Fight of the Night” and “Performance of the Night” for his submission win over Cub Swanson. Ortega has won bonuses in each of his three past fights.
Pay-Per-View Numbers:
Holloway’s three most recent bouts have all headlined PPV cards. The estimated total buys for those events is 580,000.
UFC 231 is Ortega’s first PPV headlining bout.
Headlining Events:
In addition to his three PPV main events, Holloway has headlined one UFC Fight Night event. He is 4-0 in main event bouts.
Ortega’s win over Swanson is the sole main event bout on his record. That matchup headlined a UFC Fight Night event.
Significant Stats, Facts, Figures and Numbers:
Holloway ranks first all-time in the UFC featherweight division in significant strikes landed with 1,213.
Holloway ranks second all-time in the UFC featherweight division in total strikes landed with 1,329.
Holloway ranks second all-time in the UFC featherweight division in knockdowns landed with eight.
Holloway ranks second all-time in the UFC featherweight division in significant strikes landed per minute with six.
Holloway ranks third all-time in the UFC featherweight division in strike differential at plus 2.18.
Holloway ranks fourth all-time in the UFC featherweight division in total fight time with 3:22:00.
Holloway ranks fifth all-time in the UFC featherweight division in takedown defense. He stops 82.6 percent of his opponent’s takedown attempts.
Ortega ranks fourth all-time in the UFC featherweight division in submission attempts per 15 minutes with 1.8.
Ortega is tied for ninth all-time in the UFC featherweight division in submission attempts with 8.
Stats via FightMetric.
PPV info via Tapology.
