The second main event of the upcoming UFC fight week serves as a title eliminator in the featherweight division.
No. 2-ranked contender Frankie Edgar (18-4-1) squares off with No. 3-ranked Chad Mendes (17-3) in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter season 22 finale.
Edgar has won four straight since losing his title bid against Jose Aldo in 2013, but Mendes is coming off a loss to Conor McGregor in an interim title tilt back in July. He filled in for Aldo on short notice for UFC 189 but was dispatched by the bombastic Irishman in the second round.
Edgar and Mendes each have the talent to upend either Aldo or McGregor, but they have to win on December 11 to have that opportunity in 2016.
Let’s take a look at the breakdown between two of the best featherweights on Earth as they hit the cage a day before the title is unified at UFC 194.