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UFC 218
UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting
UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2
Championship that will be held on December 2, 2017 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.[1][2]

Contents
1 Background
2 Fight card
3 Announced bouts
4 See also
5 References
A poster or logo for UFC 218:
Holloway vs. Aldo 2.
Background Information
After previously contesting two events in the Metro Detroit area (and the first since UFC 123 in November 2010), the Promotion Ultimate Fighting
event will be the first for the promotion at the newly-built venue.[2] Championship
Date December 2, 2017
A UFC Featherweight Championship bout between current champion Max Holloway and former UFC Lightweight
Champion Frankie Edgar was expected to serve as the main event.[3] However, on November 11, Edgar was forced to Venue Little Caesars Arena
withdraw from the fight citing injury. He was replaced by former WEC Featherweight Champion and former two-time City Detroit, Michigan
champion Jos Aldo.[4] Aldo was scheduled to face Ricardo Lamas at UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos in a rematch of
Event chronology
his successful title defense at UFC 169 in February, 2014.[5] Holloway and Aldo met previously at UFC 212, with the
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former defeating the latter to win the championship.[6]
Fighter: A Holloway vs. Night:
New World Aldo 2 Swanson vs.
A flyweight bout between 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and former UFC Flyweight Championship Champion Ortega
challenger Henry Cejudo and Sergio Pettis, initially scheduled for UFC 211 before Cejudo pulled out with a hand injury, Finale
was rescheduled for this event.[7] Subsequently, Cejudo's availability for the event was briefly in doubt as he suffered
minor burn injuries to his right foot on the evening of October 9 as he was evacuating his hotel as a result of the Tubbs Fire near Santa Rosa, California.[8] The
following day, his management team confirmed that the fight with Pettis was still on for the event.[9]

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Al Iaquinta was scheduled to face Paul Felder at the event. However, Iaquinta pulled out of the fight on October 31 citing an injury.[10] Felder is expected to remain
on the card against Charles Oliveira.[11]

Fight card
Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Max Holloway (c) vs. Jos Aldo [a]

Heavyweight Alistair Overeem vs. Francis Ngannou

Flyweight Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis
Lightweight Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje
Women's Strawweight Tecia Torres vs. Michelle Waterson
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Alex Oliveira vs. Yancy Medeiros
Lightweight David Teymur vs. Drakkar Klose
Women's Strawweight Felice Herrig vs. Cortney Casey
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Sabah Homasi
Light Heavyweight Jeremy Kimball vs. Dominick Reyes
Heavyweight Justin Willis vs. Allen Crowder
Women's Strawweight Amanda Cooper vs. Angela Magaa
a. For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
[12]

Announced bouts
Lightweight bout: Paul Felder vs. Charles Oliveira[11]

See also
List of UFC events
2017 in UFC

References

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1. Mookie Alexander (2017-06-26). "UFC's late 2017 schedule includes PPV in Detroit, return to MSG in November" (https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/6/26/15
875518/report-ufc-late-2017-schedule-ppv-detroit-return-msg-nyc-november-mma-news). bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
2. Christopher D. Thomas (2017-07-30). "Little Caesars Arena to host UFC 218 in December" (http://www.freep.com/story/sports/2017/07/30/ufc-218-detroit-little-
caesars-arena/522998001/). freep.com. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
3. Brett Okamoto (2017-10-03). "Max Holloway to put featherweight title up against Frankie Edgar" (http://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/20909077/max-hollowa
y-face-frankie-edgar-featherweight-title-bout-ufc-218). espn.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
4. Ariel Helwani (2017-11-11). "Max Holloway vs. Jose Aldo 2 slated as new UFC 218 main event" (https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/11/11/16633192/max-holl
oway-vs-jose-aldo-2-slated-as-new-ufc-218-main-event). mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
5. Staff (2017-10-13). "Jose Aldo vs. Ricardo Lamas rematch co-headlines UFC on FOX 26; Perry-Ponzinibbio, Mein-Silva added" (http://mmajunkie.com/2017/1
0/jose-aldo-vs-ricardo-lamas-rematch-co-headlines-ufc-on-fox-26-perry-ponzinibbio-mein-silva-added). mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
6. Dave Doyle (2017-06-04). "UFC 212 results: Max Holloway finishes Jos Aldo, claims featherweight crown" (http://www.mmafighting.com/2017/6/4/15736310/
ufc-212-results-max-holloway-finishes-jose-aldo-claims-featherweight-crown). mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
7. Ariel Helwani (2017-09-27). "Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis targeted for UFC 218" (https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/9/27/16376430/henry-cejudo-vs-sergio
-pettis-targeted-for-ufc-218). mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
8. Ariel Helwani (2017-10-10). "Henry Cejudo suffers burns, loses gold medal in California wildfire" (https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/10/10/16453918/henry-c
ejudo-suffers-burns-loses-gold-medal-in-california-wildfire). mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
9. Mike Bohn (2017-10-10). "Manager: Henry Cejudo will fight Sergio Pettis at UFC 218 despite injuries, lost Olympic medal in fire" (http://mmajunkie.com/2017/1
0/henry-cejudo-sergio-pettis-ufc-218-injuries-lost-olympic-medal-fire). mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
10. Ariel Helwani (2017-10-31). "UFC 218 loses Paul Felder vs. Al Iaquinta" (https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/10/31/16586154/ufc-218-loses-paul-felder-vs-al-i
aquinta). mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
11. Steven Marrocco (2017-10-31). "Al Iaquinta out, Charles Oliveira in against Paul Felder at UFC 218" (http://mmajunkie.com/2017/10/al-iaquinta-out-charles-oli
veira-in-versus-paul-felder-ufc-218). mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
12. "UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2" (http://www.ufc.com/event/UFC-218). Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2017-09-27.

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