Max Holloway put his featherweight title on the line against Frankie Edgar in the headliner of tonight’s UFC 240 event in Edmonton.<\/p>\n
Holloway was returning to action for the first time since having his thirteen-fight win streak snapped by Dustin Poirier at April\u2019s UFC 236 event in Atlanta.<\/p>\n
After coming up short in his bid to obtain the promotions interim lightweight championship, Max Holloway (20-4 MMA) was dropping back down to the featherweight division that he has ruled over since 2017.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, former UFC<\/a> lightweight champion Frankie Edgar (23-6-1 MMA) was most previously seen in action at May’s UFC event in Atlantic City, where he scored a unanimous decision victory over Cub Swanson.<\/p>\n \u2018The Answer\u2019 entered tonight\u2019s contest having gone 3-1 over his past four fights, which included impressive wins over Jeremy Stephens<\/a> and Yair Rodriguez.’<\/p>\n Tonight’s UFC 240 main event lived up to the hype as Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar proceeded to go to war for twenty-five straight minutes. <\/p>\n When all was said and done, it was clear that Holloway had done enough to retain his title after five rounds of trading strikes with Edgar.<\/p>\n Check out how the pros reacted to Max Holloway defeating Frankie Edgar in tonight’s UFC 240 main event below:<\/p>\n Max looks as fresh as he has ever looked at 145lbs here before this bout begins. — Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) July 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
I\u2019m excited for this one guys!
Both men look fresh.
Let\u2019s get ready to rumble!!!<\/p>\n