After overcoming the most difficult 12-month stretch of his mixed martial arts career, Max Holloway is finally on the comeback trail.
The reigning UFC featherweight champion is slated to return from a year-long absence this weekend when he takes on undefeated challenger Brian Ortega in Toronto in the highly-anticipated main event of UFC 231. The matchup was initially scheduled to go down at UFC 226, however Holloway was pulled from that contest during fight week after displaying some scary neurological symptoms, such as slowed, slurred speech. At the time, Holloway’s issues were labeled “concussion-like symptoms,” however a concussion was subsequently ruled out in the weeks after UFC 226 as a potential diagnosis.