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MMA Fighting has Lopez vs. Ortiz results and more for the junior welterweight fight between Teofimo Lopez and Jamaine Ortiz from the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas on Thursday evening.

In the main event, Teofimo Lopez (19-1) will put his WBO title on the line in the contest. He returns to the ring after capturing the WBO and The Ring junior welterweight titles against Josh Taylor this past June.

Jamaine Ortiz (17-1-1) is a former USBA and NABF lightweight champion. He outpointed Antonio Moran this past September to rebound from a loss to Vasily Lomachenko.

Lightweights Keyshawn Davis and Jose Pedraza will compete in the co-main event.

Check out the Lopez vs. Ortiz results below.

Main event (ESPN+ at 11 p.m. ET)

Teofimo Lopez vs. Jamaine Ortiz

Undercard

Keyshawn Davis vs. Jose Pedraza

George Acosta vs. Rene Tellez Giron

Abdullah Mason vs. Benjamin Gurment

Charlie Sheehy vs. Abdel Sauceda

Javier Martinez vs. Raul Salomon

Alan Garcia vs. Tomas Ornelas

Antonio Zepeda vs. Lemis Isom Riley

Art Barrera Jr. vs. Michael Portales

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Renato Moicano is confident that Paddy Pimblett would get smashed by anyone in the UFC’s lightweight top 15.

On Saturday (Feb. 3), Moicano scored his 10th win inside the Octagon, securing a unanimous decision victory over fellow fan favorite Drew Dober following a bloody three-round brawl. Following the fight, ‘Money’ suggested that Dober’s next opponent should be Pimblett. The Liverpudlian took exception to the comment and snapped back on social media writing: “Why would I fight Dober when I could smoke u much easier?”

Speaking with Mike Owens in a LowKick MMA exclusive interview, Moicano shared his candid thoughts on Pimblett’s career after earning five straight wins since making his promotional debut in 2020.

“Paddy Pimblett is a guy that the UFC is protecting,” Moicano said. “He’s a guy they’re trying to market. Maybe he can get better, but right now, especially after the fights against Tony Ferguson and Jared Gordon, I don’t think he’s on the same level as people in the top 15 and if they ask me, I’m going to say that, but I don’t want to disrespect him. That’s none of my business. [I’m not] trying to talk sh*t on him, but sometimes it’s the game, right?”

With wins over Jordan Leavitt, Jared Gordon, and ‘El Cucuy‘ in his last three outings, a top-15 opponent appears to be in Pimblett’s near future. Even Moicano believes that’s the logical next step, adding that it would help make an inevitable loss for ‘The Baddy’ easier to swallow if it comes against a ranked contender.

“I think that makes sense,” Moicano added. “Eventually, he’s going to lose and I think it’s better if he loses to somebody with momentum instead of somebody outside the rankings.”

As for who Pimblett could face among the lightweight top 15, ‘Money’ Moicano likes the idea of pitting Bobby Green against the Liverpudlian.

“Maybe Bobby Green is a good fight for him,” Moicano said. “Other than that, I don’t see many fights that he can be competitive in.”

‘King’ has won two of his last three, besting Tony Ferguson and Grant Dawson before succumbing to a first-round KO against Jalin Turner in December. Green is currently scheduled to meet Jim Miller at UFC 300 on April 13.

Watch the full exclusive interview with Renato Moicano below:

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Bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley isn’t your typical pot head.  The 29-year old uses marijuana to ‘hyper focus’ in training and it seems to be working.  

“I really don’t smoke as much as people think,” O’Malley told Demetrious Johnson in an interview.  “As far as being a professional athlete, I think I do it better than anybody in the UFC as far as recovery-wise.  My habits, my routines, I think I’m on another level compared to anybody in the UFC.”  

Smoking anything isn’t great for your lungs and conditioning, but O’Malley takes precautions to ensure his fitness remains championship level.  

“As far as smoking, I vaporize it, especially in camp.  I’m not going to smoke a joint.  I’m not going to smoke out of the bong, smoke out of a pipe or dab.  I smoke out of a clean, quality vaporizer pretty much once a day,” explain O’Malley.  

“I do a lot of my zone 2s, a lot of my longer workouts, like the 60 minute slower workouts, or lower heart rate workouts, I’ll do f**king just stoned out of my tits,” he said.  

“I think if you can use marijuana as a tool you can hyper focus on whatever task you want to but you have to be able to do that.  That’s a skill in itself because you could also get stoned and just completely not do sh*t, just get lost watching YouTube.”

O’Malley puts his 135-pound championship on the line for the first time in the UFC 299 main event on March 9 against rival Marlon “Chito” Vera.  Vera handed O’Malley his only career loss back in August 2020 at UFC 252 and O’Malley wants to avenge the loss.  

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MMA Fighting has Teofimo Lopez vs. Jamaine Ortiz live round-by-round updates for Thursday’s junior welterweight title bout at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.

The main event is expected to begin around 11 p.m. ET on ESPN+. Check out our Lopez vs. Ortiz results page to find out what happened on the undercard.

Teofimo Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs) fights for the first time since capturing the WBO and The Ring junior welterweight titles with a decision win over Josh Taylor in June. A former lightweight champion, Lopez notably defeated Vasiliy Lomachenko in 2020.

Jamaine Ortiz (17-1-1, 8 KOs) strides into the contest following a unanimous decision win over Antonio Moran this past September.

The bout will be a 12-round junior welterweight contest.

Check out the Lopez vs. Ortiz live round-by-round action below.

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Max Holloway is helping kids from Hawaii to stay in shape.

The former UFC featherweight champ recently donated $ 50,000 to help open a Boys and Girls Club in his native Waianae, Hawaii, per FOX affiliate KHON2.

Holloway, the 2021 winner of the UFC’s Forrest Griffin Community Award, also was honored as the new health ambassador for Boys and Girls Club Hawaii; there are nine Boys and Girls clubhouses across the state. Holloway taught a fitness class to local youth after the ceremony, tutoring kids on their punching technique.

“The championships, the fights, the glory, the money, that’s all cool,” he told the affiliate. “But when you pass away, nothing’s left. This is a legacy, doing a gym like this. Hopefully, 10 to 12 years, you guys are here interviewing one of the kids that trained that’s having a fight, that’s fighting for a world title. That’s the plan.

“People always tell me, you’re the greatest fighter out of Waianae or out of Hawaii. That’s a lie. I’m not. There’s a lot of fighters out here that are greater than me. I was just able to have places like this, have people around me, positive people, to put me in the right spot to show what I can do.”

Holloway is set to face Justin Gaethje for the “BMF” title at UFC 300, which takes place April 13 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

“At the end of the day, giving these kids a safe area, surrounding them with great people … great mentors, and being able to unlock their full potential and do it the right way,” Holloway said.

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