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UFC 218 fight card: Full list of undercard matches before Holloway vs. Aldo 2

UFC 218 is a strong card from top to bottom, headlined by a title contest between Max Holloway and José Aldo.

Max Holloway and José Aldo will face each other in the main event of UFC 218 for the UFC Featherweight Championship on Saturday. The event will begin at 10 p.m. ET and can be purchased on pay-per-view. Live streaming can be had via UFC Fight Pass, Fox Sports GO and other platforms.

The prelims will begin at 6 p.m. on Fight Pass, and will continue on Fox Sports 1 at 8 p.m. The main card begins at 10 p.m., as noted above, and features the title bout in addition to named like Alistair Overeem, Eddie Alvarez and Henry Cejudo.

Overeem will be taking on the tough Francis Ngannou, who is taking a pretty significant step up in competition for the bout. Cejudo has a flyweight tilt with Sergio Pettis on tap, while Alvarez will take on Justin Gaethje in the lightweight division.

Saturday’s main card will open with a bout between women’s strawweights Tecia Torres and Michelle Waterson.

Holloway and Aldo last fought each other their last time in the octagon, with Holloway taking a third-round TKO of Aldo en route to unifying the featherweight bout. Holloway was then scheduled to take on Frankie Edgar, the last man Aldo beat, but Edgar had to pull out of the fight, thrusting Aldo back into the mix.

Sunday’s preliminary card also includes some big names. The UFC Fight Pass card is headline by a welterweight showdown between Abdul Razak Alhassan and Sabah Homasi, while the Fox Sports 1 portion of the card will be headlined by exciting lightweights Charles Oliveira and Paul Felder.

Below, you can find all the streaming and viewing information you need as well as the full official UFC 218 fight card.

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How to watch UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2

Time: Prelims 1 at 6 p.m.; prelims 2 at 8 p.m.; main card at 10 p.m.

Location: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Mich.

TV: Fox Sports 1, Pay-per-view

Online Streaming: UFC Fight Pass, UFC.TV, UFC YouTube, Fox Sports GO

UFC 218 Full Fight Card

PPV Main Card (10 p.m.)

Featherweight: Max Holloway vs. José Aldo
Heavyweight: Alistair Overeem vs. Francis Ngannou
Flyweight: Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis
Lightweight: Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje
Women’s Strawweight: Tecia Torres vs. Michelle Waterson

FS1 Preliminary Card (8 p.m.)

Lightweight: Charles Oliveira vs. Paul Felder
Welterweight: Alex Oliveira vs. Yancy Medeiros
Lightweight: David Teymur vs. Drakkar Klose
Women’s Strawweight: Felice Herrig vs. Cortney Casey

Fight Pass Preliminary Card (6 p.m.)

Welterweight: Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Sabah Homasi
Light Heavyweight: Jeremy Kimball vs. Dominick Reyes
Heavyweight: Justin Willis vs. Alen Crowder
Women’s Strawweight: Amanda Cooper vs. Angela Magaña

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