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  • Jose Aldo (c)

    Votes: 38 57.6%
  • Frankie Edgar

    Votes: 27 40.9%
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    Votes: 1 1.5%

***OFFICIAL*** Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar Thread

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#1 ·
Featherweight bout: 145 pounds
Five round fight for the UFC Featherweight Championship

 
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#33 ·
A Superfight indeed. But I dont understand why Edgar is such a big underdog. This guy arguably never lost the Lightweight title. The 1st Bendo fight, 40% of the MMA community has the fight scored for him and the second fight, 70% of the MMA community gave him the nod. So in my eyes, this is a Champion VS Champion fight.

On to the topic, if Edgar is not badly affected by the weight cut (which he shouldn't be) he should be able to win this match. Stylistically, he is a nightmare matchup for Aldo. Excellent footwork and boxing to combat with Aldo on feet with a solid wrestling base (especially now, he is in featherweight).

On top of that, Aldo tend to gas out in the championship rounds evident from the Hominick and Florian fight as compared to Edgar who went 5 full action pack rounds with BJ (twice) Maynard, and Bendo(twice) without looking gased. Aldo best chance will be a big finish early in the fight but hey, Edgar has proven time and time again that he can fight back after being on the verge of getting knock out.
 
#34 ·
I think Edgar will win, but I'm not surprised he is an underdog going into this fight. Even though he has the more impressive resume. The fact of the matter is he is going to a weightclass he has never fought at and immediately taking on the champ. I don't know many fighters that wouldn't be the underdog going into that situation.
 
#35 ·
I have aldo on this, and I think it will be shockingly easy, in addition to having the best tdd in all of the ufc, he has that special something that anderson silva has, not as much mind you, but he can pull off some awesome moves on the feet, plus he's bjj.

for those looking at frankie's cardio, I doubt it will be the same at 145 as it is at 155, weight cuts also tend to cut cardio. so if he makes it to the championship rounds, I hardly see him just wearing aldo out

all that being said, I'm looking for a round 1-3 ko/tko going aldo's way
 
#44 ·
Still sticking with my original pick with Edgar with a decision. But it looks like I'm done betting for the night.

Overeeeeem!!!

I don't give a shiet now...I want to pain. Somebody bring the pain!
 
#45 ·
Here we go. Two fighter's that will make up for an abysmal co main and embarassing Overeem.

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#58 ·
That second kick really hurt Frankie. The first one was kind of checked but that second one was brutal. Aldo's jab is like a sniper's shot, I don't know why Jack Slack says he doesn't have a jab.

Edit: why is Edgar throwing spinning side kicks? So dumb.
 
#60 ·
That second kick really hurt Frankie. The first one was kind of checked but that second one was brutal. Aldo's jab is like a sniper's shot, I don't know why Jack Slack says he doesn't have a jab.
To be fair, Jack can only go off of the past fights. After this fight I bet his analysis changes. Aldo has clearly been working it with how accurate he is landing it.
 
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