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***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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#167 ·
Edgar fought well towards the end of the fight, he tried to rack up points by going with leg kicks Forrest Griffin style but the judges weren't convinced.

I dislike the way Aldo fights sometimes...he fights too rigidly these days. I feel like sometimes he forgets...as Chael Sonnen would say, he's in a fistfight.

Maybe a move to 155 would fix that.
 
#174 ·
Yeo you nailed it, he's too scared to explode like in the WEC because he fears he will gas quick and screw himself if he doesn't finish, 155 pounds would be great for him, but first a fight with korean zombie for fun and then 155.
 
#168 ·
I though Edgar took the last 3 rounds comfortably as did the majority of the people in the theater I was watching the fight in. I thought Rogan should have taken Aldo's balls out of his mouth though cause him and Goldie were all over them and the commentary was pretty one sided tonight up until the final round.
 
#172 ·
:laugh: I find it funny that I view this the exact opposite of you. At 2:30 in the 3rd after Rogan made the comment about "This is where Aldo tends to fade" he switched all the way over to Frankie hype mode. I'll agree for the first 2 rounds it was all Aldo, but he went overboard the other way after that remark.
 
#170 ·
Aldo is a bad dude, guy can't be held down but I'm proud of Frankie for getting in there and trying. Hope he can get another title shot soon.
 
#171 ·
1,2 Alods but not in a big way, 3rd is very close, 4 for Edgar in bigger way that Aldo won first 2 and 5 is close but i would give it ti Edgar because he was more active i pushing the pace.
I can live with this one, cause close is not enough to beat champ but on the other hand it wasnt counting when Edgar was defending.
 
#173 ·
I thought Edgar had done enough to take this very very close fight. This fight is closer than what 2 judges scored (49-46).

The key is rd 3 which depending on how you look at it (damage or strikes), we'll have different winner. Anyway, no more immediate rematches for Edgar please. Give him 2 or 3 match at FW and let him work his way up. Judging from how he perform tonight, he will.
 
#175 ·
I wouldn't mind Edgar eventually getting a rematch, but not immediately. He's lost 3 straight fights. I don't care how you scored his losses, he still lost.

Then again, if you put him in 3 round fights, he may not work his way back to a title shot.
 
#176 ·
All the people that think Edgar won rounds 3 & 5, can you please look at Frankie's face before the round begins and after it ends? Each time it looks like he got his ass beat....probably because he in fact did.

I'll probably stop posting in this thread for the night. I am happy that I feel this fight ended with the right guy winning in a way that should prevent another title being help up by an immediate title shot*.

*I was also concerned that if Edgar did win it would be so close Also would get an immediate title shot.
 
#181 ·
All in all I'm pretty disappointed with this showing.

I can't be too down on it because he's only 26...maybe sometime during his peak he'll find that blend of supreme skill level and creativity that transcendent fighters like Anderson Silva and Fedor and GSP have.

We know he has the capabilities. In his early 20s he was all creativity, now he's all skill level.

Yes, Jose, it's great that you can throw every technique in the book with perfect technique. It's great that you can actually work behind a jab and have fantastic timing with pretty much everything you do.

But he saves a off the cage superman punch which landed hard and flush until the last 10 seconds of the fight. In the 4th I dont think he threw a single thing other than jab right hand.

That's unthinkably dubious for a guy like Jose.


I'm going keep being a fan and keep having high hopes for him...but hopefully something clicks before one of these days he gets caught on a bad night or gets caught on the wrong end of a bad decision.
 
#184 ·
I get sick of people saying look at his face, seriously piss off. Pay attention to fighters faces you will see a really obivous trend the lighter the skin the more visable the bruising and really Hellboy Hansen may be the only guy who makes Frankie look tan. Hell I would bet Wesly Snipes could go a couple rounds with a prime Mike Tyson and hardly bruise. Its horribly true though white guys have much more visible discoloration that makes swelling stand out a lot more.
 
#185 ·
All in all, I'm glad the better fighter won. I have respect for Frankie, he's extremely tough and durable, but I feel like that carries him through a lot of fights. He's made for 5 round fights like I said. He seems to be impossible to finish and he doesn't get tired. Guys like Aldo and Maynard seem to out class him, but he just doesn't give up and they either get exhausted like Maynard, or start to get sloppy like Aldo. Fortunately for Aldo, he stayed in the fight long enough to get the win.

Like I keep saying, I want to see Edgar in some three round fights again against some elite fighters. See if he can turn it up early and get the win while his opponents are fresh. His heart, conditioning, and overall toughness are his best attributes and are mostly the reasons why he's made it this far in my opinion. I don't mean to be disrespectful or anything, he obviously has skills as well. Besides, those attributes are really important in MMA to have. It's more of a compliment than an insult.
 
#197 ·
All in all, I'm glad the better fighter won. I have respect for Frankie, he's extremely tough and durable, but I feel like that carries him through a lot of fights. He's made for 5 round fights like I said. He seems to be impossible to finish and he doesn't get tired. Guys like Aldo and Maynard seem to out class him, but he just doesn't give up and they either get exhausted like Maynard, or start to get sloppy like Aldo. Fortunately for Aldo, he stayed in the fight long enough to get the win.

Like I keep saying, I want to see Edgar in some three round fights again against some elite fighters. See if he can turn it up early and get the win while his opponents are fresh. His heart, conditioning, and overall toughness are his best attributes and are mostly the reasons why he's made it this far in my opinion. I don't mean to be disrespectful or anything, he obviously has skills as well. Besides, those attributes are really important in MMA to have. It's more of a compliment than an insult.
I guess it all depends on your interpretation of "better fighter." If better fighter means the guy who's more physically gifted, the guy who's more dynamic, the guy who hits harder, then yeah, the better fighter won. But if Aldo had Frankie's heart, and Frankie's work ethic, then that fight wouldn't have went five rounds. I guess I just hate seeing what I perceive as untapped potential. If you're not ready to go hard for 5 rounds, then either you shouldn't be champ, or you should move up a weight class. I realize he was off for more than a year, but come on now. The fact that he still managed to beat a guy like Frankie in spite of all that, just goes to show that Aldo still has much room for improvement.
 
#191 ·
He's a bit lacking there...I think it's more of a physical thing with him...he's got great technique.

Although I will say his chain wrestling is actually quite poor and has always been. He sort of just fizzles out if you stop the initial shot, which is what Aldo's best at.
 
#189 ·
I gave Edgar the fourth.
The third and fifth were competitive but I don't think Frankie did enough in either round.

Aldo needs to move to Lightweight.
I think he has a legitimate shot at bating Henderson.

Frankie needs to go back to the drawing board.
Should Aldo move to Lightweight, I still think he needs to win at least two or three more. Match Ricardo Lamas and Jung for the vacant title. Have Lentz and Siver fight for a number one contender spot. Give Frankie Cub Swanson.

If Aldo doesn't move to Lightweight, I think Frankie should try 135 lbs if he wants to get a belt. I think he beas ever fighter at 135 with ease. But dear god, do NOT give him an immediate title shot.
 
#194 ·
He doesn't have good physical attributes to wrestle like guys like Bendo.

He's not really that big, he's quick but not explosive, he's got decent strength but definitely can be overpowered. He's got great drive and determination though, he did slam Aldo and even Maynard in their fights.

Plus he's technical but he's no Ben Askren...it's not like he was a NCAA Champion or a USA Wrestling member.
 
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