Holloway’s management team released a statement with details ...
“Max’s team and UFC staff noticed Max was not normal since late last week. This became obvious to many watching his interviews and public appearances the past few days.
“He was showing concussion-like symptoms before he even started his weight cut and was rushed to the ER on Monday where they admitted him overnight. Initial scans seemed okay, and he was released Tuesday afternoon, but symptoms still continued.
“Max fought with his team to continue with the fight. He showed some improvement over the next day but was still showing obvious symptoms. After open workouts, he crashed and was very hard to wake up. When he did, he had flashing vision and slurred speech.
An official close to the situation said that Holloway / Ortega could be shifted to the main event at Staples Center for UFC 227 Aug. 4 depending on Holloway’s health.
Sure would be but I'm not holding my breath, there is something really wrong with him, he was very low energy / spaced out at open workouts and when asked about it he pretty much shrugged if off and ignored the questions. Bisping recently called him out on UFC tonight for looking and sounding a bit off. Could be the vicious weight cuts ... Could be all the punches adding up ... Could be both ... A month turnaround might be too soon with these problems
Cut out the hard sparring. It’s all his fault,nobody has railed him yet for it. Wish him a speedy recovery,though.
I was against everyone here,had Ortega by stoppage easily in the 1st or 2nd round. Max has been off for me for awhile now,and honestly,don’t know if his future is so bright.
I never bought the "Blessed Era" hype around him. Just thought he was the best in the division with McGregor moving to LW and Aldo getting old. Came in at the right time.
Did think his standup is vastly superior to both Ortega and Edgar though.
Either 1 of you got any opinions on the main event? Looking forward to it but doubt I bet it.
Just seems like Stipe being younger, bigger and hitting harder is going to be a lot to overcome.
"Some people think it is concussion-related, some people think it is weight-cut related ... There's no way this guy is going to fight anytime soon." - Dana White on Holloway
Dana said Ortega turned down Stephens as a replacement. Don't blame him really, not like he needed to do it to save the card as their fight wasn't the ME.