The UFC heads back to Las Vegas this weekend for its annual Super Bowl weekend event. Headlining the bout, which will take place on Saturday, Feb. 2 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, will be a featherweight title bout. Jose Aldo will put his 145-pound crown on the line against former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar.
In the evening’s co-main event former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans will face Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.
Three other fights will fill out the stacked pay-per-view portion of the fight card. A heavyweight scrap between Alistair Overeem and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva could determine the next top heavyweight contender. The resurgent Jon Fitch and Demian Maia will look to keep moving up the welterweight rankings, while Joseph Benavidez and Ian McCall will meet in a flyweight scrap.
Before it can take place on Saturday the fighters will have to step on the scale. The weigh-ins will take place on Friday at 7 p.m. ET / 4 PT.
Bleacher Report will have live coverage as the weigh-ins take place, make sure to check back.
Full UFC 156 fight card:
Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar
Rashad Evans vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Alistair Overeem vs. Antonio Silva
Jon Fitch vs. Demian Maia
Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian McCall
Evan Dunham vs. Gleison Tibau
Jay Hieron vs. Tyron Woodley
Bobby Green vs. Jacob Volkmann
Yves Edwards vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg
Chico Camus vs. Dustin Kimura
Edwin Figueroa vs. Francisco Rivera
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