Duel will be on December 2nd (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/Montage:SL)
The UFC 218 card, which will take place on December 2nd in Detroit, United States, continues to take shape. This Thursday (12), another fight was confirmed for the show: number 11 in the lightweight category ranking, To the fifth will measure forces with Paul felder. The information was given first-hand by the 'Detroit Free Press' website.
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Iaquinta, 30 years old, has won five consecutive victories, four of them by knockout. His most recent fight was in April this year, when he knocked out Diego Sanchez in less than two minutes. A TUF 15 finalist, he has already had ten fights in the UFC, having won eight and lost two. Among his victims are names like Jorge masvidal, Joe lauzon, Rodrigo Damm, Kevin Lee and Ross Pearson.
Felder, in turn, has two consecutive victories, the last of which was the knockout over Stevie Ray, last July. In Ultimate since 2014, he has already had nine fights in the organization, totaling six positive results and three negative ones, including setbacks against Edson Barboza e Francisco Massaranduba.
UFC 218 will have the main fight Max Holloway's first featherweight title defense, facing veteran Frankie Edgar. Other clashes that could define the future of their respective divisions are also confirmed for the card. The heavyweights Alistair Overeem and Francis Ngannou face off for the position of next challenger to the Stipe Miocic, a situation similar to that of flies Henry Cejudo and Sergio Pettis, who face each other for a title shot In search of recovery, the former lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez duels against Justin Gaethje. The welterweight Alex Cowboy, who faces Yancy Medeiros, is, to date, the only Brazilian cast for the show.
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