Jose Aldo to defend title vs. Frankie Edgar at UFC 156

• UFC 156 will take place the weekend of the Super Bowl on Feb. 2
• Aldo and Edgar were expected to meet in the headliner of UFC 153 earlier this month
• Edgar looks to join Randy Couture and B.J. Penn as UFC champions in two different divisions

UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will meet former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar on Super Bowl weekend.

UFC officials announced on Tuesday's new edition of FUEL TV's UFC Tonight that the much-anticipated matchup will headline the UFC's annual Super Bowl weekend card in Las Vegas.

The event, which serves as UFC 156, takes place Feb. 2 at a venue yet to be determined.

The UFC has held a Las Vegas pay-per-view event on the eve of the NFL's Super Bowl every year since 2004. All but one have taken place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, a 12,000-seat venue on the Las Vegas Strip.

Aldo and Edgar were expected to meet in the headliner of UFC 153, which took place earlier this month in Brazil. However, an Aldo motorcycle accident forced a delay of the matchup, and Anderson Silva ended up facing Stephan Bonnar in the night's main event.

Aldo brings an impressive 14-fight win streak into the fight. He fought for the first time under the Zuffa banner in June 2008 under the now-defunct World Extreme Cagefighting banner. The Brazilian went 8-0 while fighting for the WEC and earned the promotion's 145-pound title with a November 2009 win over Mike Brown. He then defended the belt twice before the company's talent was shipped over to the UFC.

As the WEC's reigning title holder, Aldo was awarded the UFC's first-ever featherweight title before he ever fought in the octagon. He's since defended the belt against Chad Mendes, Kenny FLorian and Mark Hominick and remains the promotion's lone 145-pound champ to date.

Meanwhile, Edgar fights for the first time at 145-pounds after a 13-fight run in the octagon as a lightweight. "The Answer" earned the UFC's lightweight title with an April 2010 before ultimately surrendering it four fights later in a loss to Benson Henderson. Edgar also came up short in a rematch with Henderson, which prompted his move to featherweight.

The 31-year-old Edgar now looks to join Randy Couture and B.J. Penn as the only men to hold UFC championship belts in two different divisions.

MMAjunkie.com previously reported that UFC 156 would take place Jan. 19 in Brazil. While the UFC is still expected to hold an event in the South American country on that date, it will not serve as a numbered pay-per-view event.

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