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UFC: Alex Volkanovski vows to ‘break’ Brian Ortega ‘the way Max Holloway did’

  • ‘There are levels to this and I believe my pressure is just on a whole other level,’ says UFC featherweight champ
  • ‘I don’t care how much he’s working on his fitness. I’ll still be able to get in his head, in his face, and grind him down’

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Max Holloway punches Brian Ortega en route to retaining his featherweight title via TKO on a medical stoppage at UFC 231. Photo: AP

Alex Volkanovski plans to make history repeat itself in his next title defence.

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UFC featherweight king Volkanovski (22-1) is looking to put his belt on the line as early as March against No 1 contender Brian Ortega (15-1), though a date has not been officially announced, nor any contracts signed.

The match-up has many talking, after Ortega’s impressive outing against “The Korean Zombie” Jung Chan-sung in October. But the 32-year-old Australian champ has vowed to emulate former 145-pound king Max Holloway’s fourth-round TKO beat down of “T-City” in 2018.

“With his fight with Max, again, you’ve seen that it’s not easy to work on a gas tank,” Volkanovski told SCMP MMA. “Some people just have it and some people don’t.

“I believe I am going to break him, you know, the way that Max did. I believe that is somewhere I can go with it, especially with my pressure style.”

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