Frankie Edgar’s 135-pound debut is set.
Former UFC lightweight champion Edgar (23-8-1 MMA, 17-8-1 UFC) will face Pedro Munhoz (18-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) on July 11 at a to-be-determined UFC event. Edgar confirmed the matchup on his social media after an initial report from MMA Fighting.
Initially scheduled to move down to bantamweight on Jan. 25 against Cory Sandhagen, Edgar delayed his debut in the division when he opted to step in on short notice to face Chan Sung Jung last December in a featherweight contest. He lost the fight via first-round stoppage for his second straight loss.
Meanwhile, Munhoz saw his three-fight winning streak snapped at the hands of Aljamain Sterling last June at UFC 238. Prior to that, he scored arguably the biggest win of his career, when he knocked out former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt in the first round.
Frankie Edgar to make bantamweight debut vs. Pedro Munhoz on UFC's July 11 event
