UFC 218: HOLLOWAY vs. ALDO 2 2 December 2017 | Little Caesars Arena | Detroit, MI MAIN CARD Pay-Per-View, 10 p.m. ET Max Holloway (c) vs. Jose Aldo Francis Ngannou vs. Alistair Overeem Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje Tecia Torres vs. Michelle Waterson PRELIMINARY CARD FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET Paul Felder vs. Charles Oliveria Alex Oliveira vs. Yancy Medeiros Drakkar Klose vs. David Teymur Felice Herrig vs. Cortney Casey PRELIMINARY CARD UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET Jeremy Kimball vs. Dominick Reyes Amanda Cooper vs. Angela Magana Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Sabah Homasi Justin Willis vs. Allen Crowder
http://mmajunkie.com/2017/11/frankie-edgar-injured-ufc-218-max-holloway "Frankie Edgar has suffered an injury and will not be able to compete against featherweight champion Max Holloway at UFC 218."
Jose Aldo wants a rematch. They might not have a better option this late in the game. Edit: Cub Swanson also interested
Internet seems shocked that Overeem got slaughtered. I'm shocked at the amount of people that are shocked. You have the hardest recorded puncher in history vs one of the most chin shot fighters in history. The fuck did people expect to happen?
Results Max Holloway def. Jose Aldo via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 4:51 Francis Ngannou def. Alistair Overeem via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 1:42 Henry Cejudo def. Sergio Pettis via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Eddie Alvarez def. Justin Gaethje via knockout (knee, punches) – Round 3, 3:59 Tecia Torres def. Michelle Waterson via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Paul Felder def. Charles Oliveira via knockout (strikes) – Round 2, 4:06 Yancy Medeiros def. Alex Oliveira via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 2:02 David Teymur def. Drakkar Klose via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) Felice Herrig def. Cortney Casey via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) Amanda Cooper def. Angela Magana via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:34 Abdul Razak Alhassan def. Sabah Homasi via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:21 Dominick Reyes def. Jeremy Kimball via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:39 Justin Willis def. Allen Crowder via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 2:33
Only got to see the main card fights. Waterson VS. Torres was hard fought but the difference in grappling was pronounced. Good fight to start the night. The division is so different with Rose as champion it feels like everyone has a chance. Did not like the booking of Alvarez VS. Gaethje going next. This would've been the third fight. Goddamn it was a barnburner. Both guys gave every ounce. Loved it. I was watching with a friend who saw Gaethje's record during the walk out and was impressed. It was a fragile record given the way he fights. Cejudo VS. Pettis was lopsided and murdered the pace of the show. Given the choice between DJ and TJ or DJ and Cejudo 2 pretty obvious what everyone will want to see. With DJ floating the idea of it being at 130 have to feel he doesn't want it or hates his chances. Ngannou is a bulldozer. Reem should reconsider his career after yet another bad KO. Miocic should be preparing to face the slugger and figuring out how to make it a long fight. Holloway put on a masterful performance recreating his last win over Aldo. He is amazing. Edgar presents a very different challenge but the size difference should be too much.
Somebody needs to teach Gaethje some defense or he's going to be relegated to an exciting fighter who will co main PPV and headline TV fights and might sniff a shot at a title but for the most part will have a lot of KO losses that could have been avoidable if he had some d.