Four Massive Fights Are Slated for UFC 218 in Detroit

There has been tumbleweeds rustling down these MMA news streets lately. We’ve been holding our breaths waiting on fights to be announced and confirmed for UFC 218, but not just the fans and media have been pacing back and forth. Francis Ngannou has been searching for a fight ever since Junior dos Santos had to pull out of their UFC 215 battle. He called out everyone he could think of until he got to Alistair Overem and UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic. Now, it seems like he may be getting an opponent for UFC 218 and we’ll have some fight announcements.

Max Holloway vs Frankie Edgar being discussed for #UFC218 in Detroit!

— Chris Taylor (@CTaylor_96) September 6, 2017

https://twitter.com/francis_ngannou/status/913147903056609280

Still no resolution to Miocic's contract issues, so Ngannou isn’t teasing a fight against him. Source says Reem. We’ll know soon.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) September 27, 2017

#UFC218 should include Holloway vs Edgar, Overeem vs Ngannou, Alvarez vs Gaethje and now Cejudo vs Pettis

— Chris Taylor (@CTaylor_96) September 27, 2017

If things move in the right direction for Detroit, they could get:

Holloway-Edgar
Ngannou-Reem
Gaethje-Alvarez
Pettis-Cejudo

Not bad.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) September 27, 2017

According to this guy, Overeem vs Ngannou was even posted on UFC’s website:

I also can't find it anymore. The UFC might took it down. But here you can see I don't post BS 😛 pic.twitter.com/BHVUKM22yT

— Marcel Dorff 🇳🇱🇮🇩 (@BigMarcel24) September 27, 2017

Right here at BJPenn.com, we originally reported to you guys that Justin Gaethje and Eddie Alvarez would be slated for UFC 218, as well as Max Holloway defending his UFC featherweight title against Frankie Edgar. Not just that, but earlier today, MMA Fighting reported that a scrap between Henry Cejudo and Sergio Pettis is also set to be put on that card. If all this comes together along with Francis Ngannou and Alistair Overeem, then that December 2nd main card in Detroit could be incredible. We’ll keep you posted on an official announcement.

UPDATE: Francis Ngannou vs Alistair Overeem is official!

BREAKING: We have HW action in the Motor City! @AlistairOvereem takes on @Francis_Ngannou at #UFC218 in Detroit Dec. 2!

🎟 ↔️ 10/13 pic.twitter.com/qadXzBsA33

— UFC (@ufc) September 27, 2017

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 9/27/2017.