UFC Champ Max Holloway Vs. Frank Edgar Set For UFC 218 Headliner In Detroit

UFC Featherweight champion Max Holloway (18-3 MMA, 14-2 UFC) AKA Hawaiian will defend his 145 title against former lightweight champ Frank Edgar at UFC 218 on December 2.

Brett Okamoto of ESPN broke the news that UFC 218 is taking place at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

Holloway has grabbed straight 11 wins; he defeated the featherweight champion Jose Aldo at UFC 212 Via TKO on June 3, 2017, in Brazil added the undisputed belt. Before that, he defeated Anthony Pettis for interim Featherweight Championship at UFC 206 on December 10, 2016.

Moreover, Edgar (22-5-1, 16-5-1 UFC) holds 7-1 out of his past eight bouts. He lost to Jose Aldo by unanimous decision at UFC 200, but since then he picked up back to back two victories against Jeremy Stephens and Yair Rodriguez.

UFC 218 includes many other pivotal bouts, and some of the main headliners are as follows:

  • Max Holloway vs. Frankie Edgar – Featherweight title
  • Francis Ngannou vs. Alistair Overeem
  • Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis
  • Yancy Medeiros vs. Alex Oliveira
  • Cortney Casey vs. Felice Herrig
  • Razak Al-Hassan vs. Sabah Homasi
  • Drakkar Klose vs. David Teymur

 

 

Published on October 4, 2017 at 12:00 am
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