After starting off the spring with a trip to the Canadian capital, the UFC will make a pair of trips to the Great White North over the next eight weeks, starting with this week’s return to Edmonton for UFC 240.
Headlined by honorary Canadian Max Holloway putting his featherweight title on the line against perennial contender and future Hall of Famer Frankie Edgar, the event at Rogers Place also features eight actual Canadians, including lightweight grappler Olivier Aubin-Mercier, veteran flyweight Alexis Davis and featherweight upstart Hakeem Dawodu.
The card also features a pair of Brazilian females making their second trips into the Octagon and a Canadian heavyweight whose arrival in the UFC feels overdue to those who track prospects and forecast these kinds of things.