UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway faces a tough test in the first defense of his crown against the man he beat to take the title, UFC legend Jose Aldo
Aldo replaced former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, who was aiming to join the club of two-weight titlists next month due to a facial injury sustained by “The Answer” in training.
UFC 218 is set for Dec. 2 at the new Little Caesars Arena in Detroit and will be the UFC’s first event in Michigan since UFC 123 in 2010. While the headline title bout has a potential “fight of the year” quality, the co-main event between Alistair Overeem and Francis Ngannou looks set to determine the next opponent for heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic.
The full UFC 218 card is as follows:
Main Fight Card
Max Holloway vs. Jose Aldo
Francis Ngannou vs. Alistair Overeem
Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis
Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje
Tecia Torres vs. Michelle Waterson
FS1 Card
Charles Oliveira vs. Paul Felder
Yancy Medeiros vs. Alex Oliveira
Drakkar Klose vs. David Teymur
Cortney Casey vs. Felice Herrig
Fight Pass Card
Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Sabah Homasi
Allen Crowder vs. Justin Willis
Jeremy Kimball vs. Dominick Reyes
Amanda Cooper vs. Angela Magana
