In UFC 156 Franky Edgar looked to take hold of the feather weight belt that Jose Aldo has defended for 3 fights in a row. The first two rounds started put as many people thought with Aldo controlling the pace of the fight as well as bloodying up Edgar's face. The well conditioned Edgar is not one to give up as most people would agree he took the next two rounds to tie up the score card. With a couple take downs and good counters it looked like the fight was getting real good. The fifth round was a toss up in my opinion and neither fighter really showed their dominance. The fight, however, went all five rounds and Aldo won a unanimous decision.
The fast pace fight that these athletes put on was spectacular, and Edgar deserves a chance to take the belt once more. This bout was just too close to say Aldo won it decisively. The only reason why I could see the UFC not giving Edgar a second chance would be because all of his title fights have to have a rematch and that sets the whole division back. For example, Anthony Pettis, a light weight fighter, was promised a title shot against Franky Edgar, but when Edgar was not able to beat Maynard decisively, they had to give Maynard another shot which put the number one contender in a weird position. He could have either waited for the fight to be over, or take another fight in the mean time. Pettis took a fight against Illinois local Clay Guida and lost which was even more of a set back for Pettis.
So what is the UFC to do? I really think that if the judges make the decision that it should be final, regardless of how close the fight is. It gets kind of annoying watching the same fighters going for the belts after a while. I realize the hype between the fights is good for business, but that hype would be the same, if not greater, if they let the next number one contender have their chance. Staying int he light weight division for my example, Edgar vs. Maynard I was the only fight that at the time Maynard did not win. It ended in a tie. So when Edgar v. Maynard II was for the light weight belt, there was still a alot of hype over the bout. So why not just keep the fights coming and allowing for the number one contenders to have their chance at taking the belt when they deserve it?
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