UFC 266: VOLKANOVSKI VS ORTEGA | 6th Round Post-Fight Show

Bloody Elbow fight experts, Zane Simon & Eddie Mercado, are here tonight – Sat, Sep. 25th., 2021, to breakdown the UFC 266: ‘Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega’ PPV event, which was broadcast from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The guys will have hot takes, possible next fights, as well as reactions to the overall event.

After undergoing 4 fight cancellations for this card, the UFC featured a 13-bout PPV event showcasing a battle for the UFC FW Championship in the main event, between current Champ, Alexander ‘The Great’ Volkanovski, who was on a 19-fight win streak, sporting a phenomenal 22-1 fight record & the returning contender, Brian ‘T-City’ Ortega, who had not stepped inside the Octagon since Oct of last year, but was still coming at this ranked #2. Meanwhile, the co-main event featured our 2nd title fight tonight, this one was for the UFC FW Championship between current Champ, Valentina ‘Bullet’ Shevchenko, who was on a 7-fight win streak & the contender, #2 ranked, Lauren ‘Lucky’ Murphy, who was on her own 5-fight win streak.

Also on the card, we had a highly-anticipated Welterweight rematch between ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler, who was on a 4-fight losing skid & the returning Nick Diaz who has not fought professionally since Jan., 2015, when he had a no contest bout against Anderson Silva at UFC 183. Lawler first fought Diaz waayyy back at UFC 47 in 2004, which was headlined by the 1st ever fight between Chuck Liddell & Tito Ortiz. The first Lawler vs Diaz bout ended up resulting in a Diaz victory - via Punches in the 2nd rd.

We also had a HW brawl tonight between Curtis ‘Razor’ Blaydes & Jairzinho ‘Bigi Boi’ Rozenstruik, as well as an exciting showdown between Flyweights Jéssica ‘Bate Estaca’* Andrade & Cynthia Calvillo in our main card opener.

Overall, this now 13-bout card saw 3 1st rd finishes , 6 KO/TKO’s (including our Co-Main Event), 2 subs, & 5 decisions (including our Main Event). Rounding things out, bonuses for putting forth POTN efforts went to Chris Daukaus and Merab Dvalishvili; FOTN honors went to Alexander Volkanovski vs Brian Ortega. What a great night of fights we have to share with you, join us to discuss all the action...

Here’s a look at the fight card, updated fight records & results —
UFC 266: ‘VOLKANOVSKI VS ORTEGA’

ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD
13. 145lbs, UFC Featherweight Championship - 5 Rds: Alexander Volkanovski (23-1) DEF. Brian Ortega (15-1) – DEC, Unanimous

12. 125lbs, UFC Flyweight Championship - 5 Rds: Valentina Shevchenko (22-3) DEF. Lauren Murphy (15-5) – KO/TKO, G & P at 4:00 of Rd 4 of 5, Total 19:00

11. 185lbs, Five Rounds - Robbie Lawler (29-15) DEF. Nick Diaz (26-10) – KO/TKO, Punches at 0:44 of Rd 3 of 5, Total 10:44

10. 265lbs, Curtis Blaydes (15-3) DEF. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (12-3) – DEC, Unanimous

9. 125lbs, Jéssica Andrade (22-9) DEF. Cynthia Calvillo (9-3) – KO/TKO, Punches at 4:54 of Rd 1

ESPN PRELIMS
8. 135lbs, Merab Dvalishvili (14-4) DEF. Marlon Moraes (23-9) – KO/TKO, G & P at 4:25 of Rd 2, Total 9:25

7. 155lbs, Dan Hooker (21-10) DEF. Nasrat Haqparast (13-4) – DEC, Unanimous

6. 265lbs, Chris Daukaus (12-3) DEF. Shamil Abdurakhimov (20-6) – KO/TKO, Right Cross to Ground Strikes at 1:23 of Rd 2, Total 6:23

5. 125lbs, Taila Santos (18-1) DEF. Roxanne Modafferi (25-19) – DEC, Unanimous

ESPN+ EARLY PRELIMS
4. 155lbs, Jalin Turner (11-5) DEF. Uros Medic (7-1) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 4:01 of Rd 1

3. 185lbs, Nick Maximov (7-0) DEF. Cody Brundage (7-1) – DEC, Unanimous

2. 170lbs, Matt Semelsberger (9-3) DEF. Martin Sano (4-3) – KO/TKO, Right Cross at 0:15 of Rd 1

1. 145lbs, Jonathan Pearce (11-4) DEF. Omar Morales (11-2) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 3:31 of Rd 2, Total 8:31

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