Max will show us just how inflated that can crushing 14-0 really is, propped up with wins against 30-somethings like Guida & Cub & a short-notice, slow-motion Edgar who watched as the most telegraphed upper-cut KO'd him. Short guys were landing on Ortega before head diving into chokes. Max is also the tallest and longest opponent he's faced in the UFC outside of de la Torre.
Man, I can understand wanting to play Max here but I can't get on board with any of this reasoning.
For one, you say Ortega's record is padded by beating out of their prime fighters? Holloway's last 4 fights: Lamas (34 at the time), Pettis (29 at the time but clearly a deteriorated fighter, moving down to weight class he had no business being in and coming in after a brutal weight cut where he missed by 3 pounds) and Aldo x 2 (30 and 31 at the time, similar situation to Pettis with him not being close to the same guy that he was during his title run and gassing horribly in both fights).
As far as the Edgar vs Ortega fight goes, Ortega was the one who stepped in on short notice, not Edgar. Also, you're forgetting that it was an elbow which had Edgar badly hurt before the uppercut that put him away. Not to mention how many here were advocating big plays on Edgar as a small favorite in that fight.
You've also neglected to mention Moicano at all, a guy who's in his prime right now, has looked like a future title challenger outside of the Ortega fight and is arguably a better win than Aldo at this stage of their careers. He's also the same height as Holloway and has a 3" longer reach. On top of that, literally everyone Ortega has fought in the UFC has had the same or longer reach than Holloway's 69".
Not to pile on too much, but I'm not sure who you're referring to as far as "short guys were landing on Ortega before head diving into chokes". The only submission in the UFC he's gotten off a takedown attempt was against Moicano, who's certainly not short.