6 highly anticipated UFC fights that will happen soon

#4: Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega – UFC 231 – 12/08/18

UFC Featherweight champ Max Holloway is set to defend against Brian Ortega in December

While this fight hasn’t been officially announced by the UFC yet, it appears to be just a matter of time before it’s signed and sealed. Hopefully it can go ahead this time and not fall through like it did in its initial booking at UFC 226, when Featherweight champion Holloway was forced out due to ‘concussion-like symptoms’.

At that time it was said that Holloway might never be fit to return to the UFC, as doctors seemingly failed to get to the bottom of his issues, but the Hawaiian is now claiming he’s healthy again and Ortega himself has confirmed that the fight has been offered for UFC 231 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

If it does indeed go ahead, then it’s easily one of the most intriguing UFC title fights in years. Holloway hasn’t lost a fight since being beaten by Conor McGregor in 2013, and since then he’s reeled off an incredible 12 victories in a row – including two over the legendary Jose Aldo – and has firmly established himself as the best 145lbs fighter on the planet.

But challengers don’t come much tougher than Ortega. ‘T-City’ is unbeaten at 14-0 and has won seven straight in the Octagon – all by some kind of finish, too. Wins over Renato Moicano and Cub Swanson were impressive, but March saw him become the first fighter to finish former Lightweight champ Frankie Edgar – the kind of win that forces everyone to sit up and take notice.

At 26 and 27 years old respectively, and with both men on top of their games, this could well represent just the first fight in a potentially long rivalry between the two, as right now no other 145lber comes close to them. Assuming Holloway truly is healthy, we could be in for a fight for the ages, too – neither man seems capable of a dull fight based on their previous.