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UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega
Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateDecember 8, 2018 (2018-12-08)
VenueScotiabank Arena
CityToronto, Ontario, Canada
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega UFC on Fox 31

UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on December 8, 2018 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1]

Background

While not officially announced by the promotion, a UFC Featherweight Championship bout between current champion Max Holloway and Brian Ortega is expected to serve as the event headliner.[2][3] The fight was originally scheduled to take place at UFC 226, but Holloway pulled put due to "concussion like symptoms".[4]

A lightweight bout between Gilbert Burns and Olivier Aubin-Mercier was previously scheduled to take place in February of 2018 at UFC on Fox: Emmett vs. Stephens. However, Burns was pulled from the pairing during the week leading up to the event after medical officials deemed that it was unsafe for Burns to cut the necessary weight for the 156-pound limit.[5] The fight has been rescheduled for this event.[6]

A middleweight boout between The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 heavyweight winner Antônio Carlos Júnior and The Ultimate Fighter: Nations middleweight winner Elias Theodorou was initially scheduled to take place on September 22, 2018 at UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Santos. However, Júnior pulled out on August 28 due to injury.[7] The pairing was then rescheduled for this event.[8]

Fight card

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
TBA vs. TBD
Lightweight Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Gilbert Burns
Welterweight Chad Laprise vs. Dhiego Lima
Featherweight Hakeem Dawodu vs. Kyle Bochniak
Middleweight Antônio Carlos Júnior vs. Elias Theodorou

[9]

Announced bouts

See also

References

  1. ^ Staff (2018-07-08). "UFC announces rest of 2018 schedule from September through end of year". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  2. ^ "Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega title fight agreed to for UFC 231 in Toronto". MMAjunkie. 2018-08-25. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  3. ^ Staff (2018-08-26). "'Nothing is official', but Brian Ortega says Max Holloway bout has been offered for UFC 231". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  4. ^ Mike Bohn (2018-07-04). "Max Holloway out of UFC 226, hospitalized with concussion-like symptoms". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  5. ^ Shaun Al-Shatti (2018-02-21). "Gilbert Burns vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier scratched from UFC on FOX 28". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  6. ^ Marcel Dorff (2018-08-22). "Attempt 2: Gilbert Burns vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier at UFC 231 in Toronto". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2018-08-22. Template:Nl icon
  7. ^ Marc Raimondi (2018-08-27). "Antonio Carlos Junior out of UFC Sao Paulo fight against Elias Theodorou". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  8. ^ Gabriel Camargo (2018-08-28). "Cara de Sapato gets hurt and fights with Elias Theodorou is delayed for UFC 231". mmabrasil.com.br. Retrieved 2018-08-29. Template:Pt icon
  9. ^ "UFC 231". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  10. ^ "Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega title fight agreed to for UFC 231 in Toronto". MMAjunkie. 2018-08-25. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
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