{"id":1354,"date":"2019-07-25T10:22:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T10:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2019-07-25T10:29:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T10:29:10","slug":"ufc-240-max-holloway-vs-frankie-edgar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/ufc-240-max-holloway-vs-frankie-edgar\/ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 240 Max Holloway Vs Frankie Edgar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>UFC 240 Holloway Vs Edgar UFC Featherweight Title Bout<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1355\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1355\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_767114734-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"Max Holloway at UFC 212\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_767114734-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_767114734-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_767114734-1024x817.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_767114734.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Max Holloway at UFC 212<br \/>Editorial credit: A.RICARDO \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Octagon returns to Canada on Saturday with FC 240 taking place at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, and what a night it should be with Max Holloway putting his championship belt on the line. His opponent is former champion Frankie Edgar and let&#8217;s hope its third-time lucky as the match up has been scheduled twice before, first at Uand then again at UFC 222, but in both instances, the fights were scrapped due to injuries.\u00a0 There also appears to be a fight lined up for the victor, with a rumoured defence already planned for the end of the year against Aleksander Volkanovski. Although Holloway is coming off a defeat in a different weight class, he is still undoubtedly one of this division&#8217;s all-time greats, but former champ Edgar still feels he has lots to prove and is not just here to make up the numbers. Should be a great fight.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Co-Main Event Cris Cyborg vs. Felicia Spencer Women&#8217;s Featherweight<\/h2>\n<p>This is another intriguing match up with the former champion Cris Cyborg trying to go one better than her loss in UFC 232 to Amanda Nunes facing off against relative newcomer Felicia Spencer who signed with the UFC in March 2019. This could end up a grappling match with both being skilled BJJ fighters. However, as you can see below Cyborg can fight on her feet too!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QkLy3fUaGIE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Rest of Fight Card<\/h2>\n<p><strong>170 lbs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Geoff Neal vs. Niko Price\u00a0 Welterweight<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>155 lbs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Arman Tsarukyan\u00a0 Lightweight<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>185 lbs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Krzysztof Jotko Middleweight<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>125 lbs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Viviane Araujo vs. Alexis Davis Flyweight<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>145 lbs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hakeem Dawodu vs. Yoshinori Horie Featherweight<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>145 lbs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Seungwoo Choi vs. Gavin Tucker Featherweight<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>125 lbs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Alexandre Pantoja Flyweight<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>125 lbs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sarah Frota vs. Gillian Robertson Flyweight<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>170 lbs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Erik Koch vs. Kyle Stewart\u00a0 Welterweight<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>265 lbs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tanner Boser vs. Giacomo Lemos\u00a0 Heavyweight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 240 Holloway Vs Edgar UFC Featherweight Title Bout &nbsp; The Octagon returns to Canada on Saturday with FC 240 taking place at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, and what a night it should be with Max Holloway putting his championship belt on the line. 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