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Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega staredown video from UFC 231 press conference

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently held a special pre-fight press conference for the upcoming UFC 231: “Holloway vs. Ortega” pay-per-view (PPV) event, going down this Saturday night (Dec. 8, 2018) inside Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Watch the full video replay here.

Taking center stage was Featherweight champion Max Holloway, who collides with No. 1 contender Brian Ortega in “Blessed’s first fight in a year after he was sidelined due to health issues. For Ortega, the fight will be his first shot at a UFC world title after running through every contender put in his way.

Watch them staredown in the embedded video above.

Also getting some airtime at the UFC 231 presser were Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Valentina Shevchenko, who will face off for the vacant women’s Flyweight title after Nicco Montano was stripped of the belt earlier this year.

Watch them face off below:

T-minus three days!

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 231 fight card on fight night (click here), starting with the Fight Pass “Prelims” matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. ET, then the remaining undercard balance on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET.

See the finalized UFC 231 fight card and line up here.

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