UFC 118 Official for August 28 in Boston with Edgar vs. Penn 2, Couture vs. Toney, and More

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Frankie EdgarThe UFC’s long awaited Boston debut is finally official, as “UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2” was today announced for August 28 at Boston’s TD Garden featuring a main event rematch between lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and former title-holder BJ Penn.

Former boxing champ James Toney makes his mixed martial arts debut against hall of fame former champion Randy Couture in the event’s co-headliner, while the pay-per-view main card also includes a battle between lightweight contenders Kenny Florian and Gray Maynard and middleweights Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares.

The latest UFC 118 fight card features:

MAIN CARD

  • Frankie Edgar (c) vs. BJ Penn
    UFC Lightweight Championship
  • Randy Couture vs. James Toney
  • Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares
  • Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard
  • Marcus Davis vs. Nate Diaz*

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

  • Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara
  • Joe Lauzon vs. Terry Etim

PRELIMINARY CARD

  • Andre Winner vs. Nik Lentz
  • Greg Soto vs. Nick Osipczak
  • Mike Pierce vs. Amilcar Alves
  • Phil Baroni vs. John Salter*

*Not officially announced

For the latest UFC 118 news and UFC 118 fight card stay tuned to ufcnews.info.

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