Holloway stops Ortega by TKO

Shevchenko wins

TORONTO, Dec 9, (AP): Featherweight champion Max Holloway stopped top contender Brian Ortega by TKO at UFC 231 on Saturday night

The fight was stopped by the doctor after four rounds. Ortega’s left eye was almost closed, his face bloodied.

The skills of Holloway, who was returning from an injury-plagued wept after clinching an ultimately comfortable victory.

“This is a very special victory for me as I become only the sixth golfer to win the two oldest national golf championships, the British Open and the South African Open.”

Fellow South Africans Ernie Els, Bobby Locke and Gary Player, Swede Henrik Stenson and New Zealander Bob Charles previously achieved the ‘double’.

“I did not start well today, scrambling a par at one and dropping shots at two and three before recovering with four birdies to turn two under for the round,” said Oosthuizen.

“For the second successive round I struggled off the tee early on and had to bite the bullet before coming good as the round progressed.

“While realizing that I was building a good lead, it was not until 14 that I could relax a little bit.

“My nine-iron second at that parfive hole was a perfect shot, leaving me with a short putt for an eagle.”

Oosthuizen opened with a 62 for the first-round lead, but trailed fellow South African Charl Schwartzel by two shots at the halfway mark having carded a 70.

A third-round 67 gave him a threestroke advantage and the expected final-round challenges from Schwartzel and in-form Matt Wallace of England never materialized.

Instead, Langasque, who trailed Oosthuizen by seven shots after three rounds, fired a five-under 66 that included an eagle and five birdies to surge into second spot.

Major winner Schwartzel closed with a 72 to share third place with compatriots Thomas Aiken (67) and Bruce Easton (66) and Oliver Wilson (67) from England.