UFC 266
ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI VS. BRIAN ORTEGA
(FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP)
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 25TH
T-MOBILE ARENA (LAS VEGAS NV)
ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI
(23-1)
FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION
Origins: South Wales, Australia
Age: 32
Height: 5’6
Weight: 145
Reach: 71 Inches
18 Fight Win Streak
Current Featherweight Champion
Notable Wins: Max Holloway (x2), Jose Aldo, Chad Mendes
BRIAN ORTEGA
(15-1-1)
NUMBER 1 FEATHERWEIGHT
Origins: Los Angeles California
Age: 30
Height: 5’9
Weight: 145
Reach: 69 Inches
Won 8 of His Last 9
Two Time Title Challenger
Notable Wins: Frankie Edgar, Cub Swanson, Korean Zombie
UFC 266 FIGHT CARD:
MAIN EVENT:
ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI VS. BRIAN ORTEGA
(UFC FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP)
CO-MAIN EVENT:
SHEVCHENKO VS. MURPHY
(WOMAN’S FLYWEIGHT TITLE)
In the Co Main Event Woman’s Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko looks to defend her title for the 6th time. UFC Veteran Lauren Murphy Looks to dethrone the Champion.
MAIN CARD BOUT
DIAZ VS. LAWLER 2
(5 ROUND NON TITLE BOUT)
Nick Diaz Hasn’t fought in 5 years. He returns to Face Robbie Lawler who he fought at UFC 47, 17 Years ago. This will also be Lawler’s first fight in over a year as he looks to snap his losing skid.
MAIN CARD BOUT
BLAYDES VS. ROZENSTRUIK
(HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT)
Curtis Blaydes was on his way to a title shot until he ran into the right hand of Derrick Lewis, he looks to Rebound and Rozenstruik who recently got back into the win column.
MAIN CARD BOUT
ANDRADE VS. CALVILLO
(WOMAN’S FLYWEIGHT BOUT)
Both ladies are looking to rebound after recently losses. Andrade is coming off a defeat to champion Shevchenko while Calvillo is looking to rebound from a loss at the hands of Chookagian.
ON THE PRELIMS:
Roxanne Modiferri Vs. TBA…
Marlon Moraes Vs. Merab Dvalishvili
Dan Hooker Vs. Nasrat Haqparest
Chris Daukus Vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov
Ricky Simon Vs. Timur Valiev
MAIN EVENT:
Volkanovski Vs. Ortega
(Featherweight Title)
ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI
22-1
FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION
Volkanovski captured the title by defeating Max Holloway then rematched him and defeated him again. His run to the title included wins over the Legend Jose Aldo and former title Challenger Chad Mendes.
BRIAN ORTEGA
(15-1-1)
#1 CONTENDER
Ortega fought for the title and came up short against Max Holloway after he was the first person ever to finish Frankie Edgar. He dominated The Korean Zombie in a five rounder to earn his second shot.
CO MAIN EVENT:
Shevchenko Vs. Murphy
Flyweight Title
VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO
21-3
FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION
Shevchenko has defended her title in dominant fashion 5 times by defeating names like Eye, Andrade, Chookigian and she won the title by defeating Joanna Jedrzejczyk to become champion. She’s looking to make it 8 Straight Wins at UFC 266
LAUREN MURPHY
15-4
#1 CONTENDER
Lauren Murphy has come in under the rader w/ a five fight winning streak. She’s defeated Andrea Lee, Joanne Calderwood and Roxanne Modefferi on her run to this title bout. She also holds wins over Liz Carmouche and other top Female Competitors.
5 ROUND WELTERWEIGHT BOUT
DIAZ VS. LAWLER 2
NICK DIAZ
26-9-2
Nick Diaz is MMA Royalty and also former Strikeforce champion along w/ UFC Welterweight title contender. Diaz hasn’t fought in 5 years after a Suspension due to a positive Pot test. He was victorious by KO in the first bout nearly 16 years ago at UFC 47
ROBBIE LAWLER
28-15-1
Lawler is the former UFC Welterweight Champion but has only 1 in his last 5 bouts. He’s looking to rebound and make one more run at the title and also avenge his loss to Nick Diaz from 16 Years before.
HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT
Blades Vs. Rozenstruik
CURTIS BLAYDES
14-3-1
Curtis Blaydes was one win away from a title shot until he ran into a Derrick Lewis Uppercut. Besides Lewis his only losses in MMA are to the current Champion Francis Ngannou. He’s looking to earn a third shot at Ngannou and first title shot w/ a Win at UFC 266
JAIRZINHO ROZENSTRUIK
12-2
Rozenstruik defeated Augusta Sakai to get back in the win column after a 2 fight skid against Ngannou and Ciryl Gane. His Knockout power keeps him in every fight and he looks to go on a two fight win streak and get one step closer to a title bout.