With Petr Yan in their sights, Pedro Munhoz and Frankie Edgar exchange forces at UFC Las Vegas 7

P. Munhoz (left) faces F. Edgar (right) in the UFC Las Vegas 7. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

After four changes of dates, the expected meeting finally arrived between Peter Munhoz e Frankie Edgar. This Saturday (22), at UFC Las Vegas 7, in the United States, the Brazilian will 'welcome' the former lightweight champion (up to 70,3kg) in the bantamweight category (up to 61,2kg) in the main fight. In addition to this dispute, the Ultimate board promotes nine more presentations.

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The duel between Munhoz and Edgar is of great importance for the division led by Petr yan, as the confrontation could define a potential challenger to the reign of the Russian, who won the belt in July, after defeating José Aldo.

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In addition to Pedro, Brazil will have one more representative. On the preliminary card, Amanda lemos will close the first half of the event in a confrontation against Japanese Mizuki Inoue.

Munhoz x Edgar

If every athlete has a dream fight, Peter Munhoz He must be living his life. In a prominent place among bantamweights, the Brazilian is close to sharing the Octagon against one of the most competitive athletes in UFC history.

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Edgar has been wearing the organization's gloves since 2007 and can now be considered a company legend. With a belt under his belt, Frankie led the lightweight division between 2010 and 2012. At featherweight, Frankie also did well. Despite not having won the category belt, the North American had epic battles in the group and, now, at 38 years old, he reaches the bantamweight division to try to make history.

Current number five among the roosters, Pedro is responsible for trying to prevent Frankie from succeeding in his new venture. Coming from defeat to aljamain sterling, who could be the next challenger to Yan's reign, Munhoz knows that a positive result against a legend of the sport could put him in the front line to face the champion.

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Brazil on the card

Brazilian representative on the preliminary card, Amanda lemos It won't be easy this Saturday. The woman from Pará has a tough commitment to defeat the promising Mizuki Inoue, just 26 years old.

Lemos, 33, will step into the Octagon for the third time and seeks to add to his second consecutive victory. In her last appearance, the flyweight (up to 56,7kg) submitted Miranda granger in the first round, in December last year.

Inoue is going to his second fight in Ultimate. The fighter debuted in the organization in August last year, when she defeated Yanan Wu in one of the UFC Shenzhen fights.

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