Holloway to defend belt in UFC 218 main event
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Max Holloway, left, fights Jose Aldo during their UFC featherweight mixed martial arts bout in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 4.
Waianae’s Max Holloway will defend his UFC featherweight title against Frankie Edgar in the main event of UFC 218 on Dec. 2 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
ESPN first reported the fight today and it was confirmed by a UFC official, marking a return to the cage for Holloway (18-3, 14-3 UFC).
Holloway’s 11-fight winning streak includes a victory over Jose Aldo in June to unify the organization’s 145-pound world title.
He hasn’t lost since an August 2013 unanimous decision against Conor McGregor and is No. 4 in the UFC’s pound-for-pound rankings.
Edgar (21-5-1, 16-5-1), who lost a decision to Aldo in July 2016, is 7-2 at 145 pounds.
The former UFC lightweight champion defeated Hilo’s B.J. Penn for the title and owns three wins over Penn in his career.
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The UFC has also made official for UFC 218 a heavyweight bout between No. 1-ranked Alistair Overeem and No. 4 Francis Ngannou.
Cortney Casey (7-4, 3-3), who currently lives in Maui, is expected to fight Felice Herrig (13-6) in a women’s 115-pound bout.
Casey hasn’t fought since testing positive for elevated levels of testosterone following a win over Jessica Aguilar in May.
Her suspension was eventually overturned after her “B” sample came back negative.
