Former welterweight champion Leon Edwards will headline UFC Fight Night 255 against rising contender Jack Della Maddalena, MMA Junkie reported Monday.
Edwards (21-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) will take on Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) in the main event on March 22 at The O2 in London.
Edwards, 33, lost his title via unanimous decision to Belal Muhammad at UFC 304 in July in Manchester, England.
Australia’s Della Maddalena, 28, extended his winning streak to 17 fights with a third-round knockout of Gilbert Burns at UFC 299 last March in Miami.
Edwards is ranked No. 2 in the latest USA Today/MMA Junkie welterweight rankings and Della Maddalena is No. 6.
The latest UFC Fight Night 255 lineup also includes:
Jan Blachowicz vs. Carlos Ulberg Mick Parkin vs. Marcin Tybura Shauna Bannon vs. Puja Tomar Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Andrey Pulyaev Molly McCann vs. Istela Nunes Alonzo Menifield vs. Oumar Sy Felipe dos Santos vs. Lone’er Kavanagh Morgan Charriere vs. Nathaniel Wood
–Field Level Media
Two Southeastern Conference rivals would like to nip their losing streaks in the bud when South Carolina visits Vanderbilt on Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn. After the Commodores (13-3, 1-2 SEC)…
NASCAR did not approve veteran driver Mike Wallace, who hasn’t competed in a Cup Series race since 2015, to get behind the wheel for MBM Motorsports at the 2025 Daytona…
Jimmy Butler’s seven-game suspension for detrimental conduct has one game remaining, and Butler still hopes his time in Miami will soon come to an end. Butler reiterated his trade request…
Mike Wallace, 65, in ‘shock’ at NASCAR’s denial of Daytona 500 attempt
Report: Jimmy Butler reiterates to Heat that he wants to be traded
Raptors eye consecutive wins when up-and-down Celtics visit
Teen phenom Blades Brown living out childhood dream in pro debut
Field Level Media - Professional sports content solutions | FLM
