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UFC 230’s headliner still has yet to be announced, but the same can not be said for UFC 231 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as the featherweight title bout is on.<\/p>\n

In August, the highly anticipated 145-pound showdown between champion Max Holloway (19-3) and challenger Brian Ortega (13-0) was initially reported as in the works<\/a> for UFC 231. Now it has been set and the two will indeed meet at the December 8 event, confirms TSN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Along with the big title fight matchup were two other very interesting matchups. The first being the original replacement main event for UFC Sao Paulo between Jimi “Posterboy” Manuwa (17-4) and Thiago “Marreta” Santos (19-6) at 205-pounds.<\/p>\n

The second features the man who would actually end up taking on Santos in that main event, Eryk Anders (11-2) as he gets the fight he was asking for after his UFC Lincoln win over Tim Williams, Elias “The Spartan” Theodorou (15-2) in a middleweight collision.<\/p>\n

UFC 231 was already looking to be quite the solid card for the Canadian crowd but now it is really shaping up as it gets its second title fight and a main event caliber bout in Manuwa vs Santos.<\/p>\n

Holloway and Ortega were originally to meet at UFC 226 in July but Holloway was forced out of the bout due to concussion-like symptoms. Having been asked to take on short notice opponents, Ortega decided against the idea so that he could maintain his spot as the rightful next challenger.<\/p>\n

As for the rest of UFC 231, here’s how it looks as of right now:<\/p>\n

Flyweight – 125lbs: (C) – Joanna J\u0119drzejczyk vs. Valentina Shevchenko<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Strawweight – 115lbs: Cl\u00e1udia Gadelha vs. Nina Ansaroff<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Light Heavyweight – 205lbs: Devin Clark vs. Aleksandar Rakic<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Featherweight – 145lbs: Hakeem Dawodu vs. Kyle Bochniak<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Welterweight – 170lbs: Chad Laprise vs. Dhiego Lima<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lightweight – 155lbs: Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Gilbert Burns<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bantamweight – 135lbs: Matthew Lopez vs. Brad Katona<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 10\/1\/2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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