Official poster highlights the main fights of UFC 218 (Photo: Reproduction Twitter ufc)
Ultimate released, this Tuesday (17), the official poster for UFC 218, an event that will take place in Detroit, on December 2nd. The main attraction is Max Holloway, who will defend his featherweight title against the former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. The co-main fight will be worth a shot at the heavyweight title, and alistair overeem e Francis Ngannou fight for the right to face the current champion Stipe Miocic.
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The two main fights of the event were the highlights of the poster, released on the UFC's official Twitter. UFC 218 will mark the first defense of Hawaiian Holloway, who won the featherweight belt in June, by knocking out José Aldo at UFC 212, in Rio de Janeiro. Edgar, who lost twice to the Brazilian, is coming off two big victories, over Jeremy Stephens and Yair Rodríguez, who qualified him for his third fight for the 66 kg belt. of Ultimate.
In addition to Holloway x Edgar and Overeem x Ngannou, UFC 218 will also feature other important duels. For lightweight, TUF 26 coaches Eddie Alvarez and Justin gaethje face each other to get close to a title shot, while Henry Cejudo and Sergio Pettis compete for an opportunity for the flyweight belt, in possession of Demetrious Johnson. Paul felder x To the fifth, Drakkar Klose x David Teymur and Felice herrig x Cortney Casey are other duels already confirmed for December 2nd.
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