"Man, it's good preparation," Volkanovski said of his relentless pace throughout the five rounds. Ortega remained game throughout the rest of the fight, but Volkanovski continued to dominate the action with leg kicks and heavy right hands and jabs en route to scorecards of 49-46, 50-45 and 50-44. Those submission attempts were Ortega's best moments in the fight and the damage he took from Volkanovski after failing to secure the tap was ultimately too much to overcome.
I was trying to come for his head but that little bastard is tough as hell, man." "I thought it was done, you know," Ortega said after the fight.
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Volkanovski thrashed his way free to end up on top throwing heavy punches.Īs the big strikes dropped on Ortega, he threw his legs up and caught Volkanovski in a deep triangle choke only to see the champion again manage to wriggle free and end up on top once again. After a slip as Ortega landed a punch, Volkanovski found himself mounted under the challenger, who quickly locked up a guillotine choke. While using feints to throw off Ortega's timing, the champion busted up the challenger's face before nearly slipping into the wrong side of a fight-ending submission in the third round. Volkanovski walked a dangerous path on his way to a wide decision win. After five brutal rounds and a hard-earned unanimous decision victory for Volkanovski in the main event of UFC 266, there was little to do but for the two rivals to hug out their differences. After a season as opposing coaches on "The Ultimate Fighter", the bad blood was thick between UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and challenger Brian Ortega.