11 Fights Signed for UFC 118

“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 5 winner Nate Diaz will meet Marcus Davis in a welterweight matchup at UFC 118 “Edgar vs. Penn 2” on Aug. 28 at the TD Garden in Boston. Eleven bouts are now official for the event.

Diaz -- who has posted seven wins in 10 appearances -- last fought in March, when he stopped International Fight League veteran Rory Markham on first-round punches in his welterweight debut at UFC 111. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu brown belt under Cesar Gracie, the 25-year-old Stockton, Calif., native has been finished only once in 17 professional bouts.

A Mark DellaGrotte protégé, Davis put a stop to a two-fight losing streak with his second-round technical knockout against Jonathan Goulet last month at UFC 113. The 36-year-old Houlton, Maine, native holds a 9-4 mark inside the Octagon. Fourteen of his 17 career victories have come by knockout, TKO or submission.

The welterweight matchups at UFC 118 do not end there, as Phil Baron will lock horns with Adrenaline MMA veteran John Salter on the undercard.

Baroni, 34, has not won inside the Octagon since he knocked out former UFC middleweight champion Dave Menne in 18 seconds back in September 2002. Wins against Japanese standouts Ikuhisa Minowa, Ryo Chonan and Yuki Kondo highlight his resume. Baroni dropped a unanimous decision to “The Ultimate Fighter” 7 winner Amir Sadollah at UFC 106 in November, as he returned to the UFC for the first time in nearly five years.

A collegiate national champion wrestler at the NAIA level, Salter was the beneficiary of Jason MacDonald’s gruesome leg injury at UFC 113. It was his first win inside the Octagon. The 25-year-old, out of Gardendale, Ala., owns other notable victories against “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 11 quarterfinalist James Hammortree and two-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Roberto Traven.

A ballyhooed rematch between lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and the man he dethroned, B.J. Penn, will headline UFC 118, along with a heavyweight matchup between UFC hall of famer Randy Couture and professional boxer turned mixed martial artist James Toney.

UFC 118 “Edgar vs. Penn 2”
Saturday, Aug. 28
TD Garden
Boston

UFC Lightweight Championship
Frankie Edgar vs. B.J. Penn

Randy Couture vs. James Toney
Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares
Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard
Nate Diaz vs. Marcus Davis
Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara
Joe Lauzon vs. Terry Etim
Andre Winner vs. Nik Lentz
Phil Baroni vs. John Salter
Nick Osipczak vs. Greg Soto
Mike Pierce vs. Amilcar Alves