Frankie Edgar (MMA Junkie)

New Jersey’s own future UFC Hall of Famer Frankie Edgar is heading down to Dallas for a war.

Edgar will be facing rising UFC featherweight Yair Rodriguez at UFC 211 in Dallas, Texas on May 13th at the American Airlines Arena. The promotion made the announcement via their UFC Espanol twitter account Thursday.

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Edgar (21-5-1) faced Jeremy Stephens at the historical UFC 205 pay-per-view in November. Edgar picked up an unanimous decision victory over Stephens.

Rodriguez (10-1) has been on a tear through the 145-division, winning all six of his UFC bouts. His last win being one of the more notable of his career when he defeated former champion B.J. Penn in January.

After a slow start to 2017, the UFC has made up for it with this Dallas card. They have stacked UFC 211 to the brim with high-caliber talent which includes a three-round bout between two of the top welterweights today, Damian Maia and Jorge Masdival and fellow NJ native Eddie Alvarez against Dustin Poirier in a three-round lightweight bout.

UFC 211 is set to have two title fights as the main and co-main events. The co-main event featuring a strawweight war between reigning champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and challenger Jessica Andrade. The main event will feature a heavyweight rematch between champion Stipe Miocic and challenger Junior Dos Santos.