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Lol huh?edgar can barely win in decisions, aldo dominated the division for 10 years.
Lol huh?edgar can barely win in decisions, aldo dominated the division for 10 years.
50-45 Edgar.But the first Penn fight could have gone either way.. Aldo beat Edgar easily in both fights.
yes i think it is.Is it more difficult than fighting for the belt multiple times in multiple divisions, though?
How? Edgar beat prime Penn twice at LW.
The second Benson loss was close but then again many felt he didn't beat BJ the first time and loss to Maynard the second. Aldo doesn't have decisions like that in his prime.
I wouldn't say that 2nd fight was "prime" Penn at all.
Honestly he lost the 1st one but no point in debating that, still you couldn't call that shambolic tip toes performance anything like "prime"
Prime Penn is a myth. He had some freakish performances but revealed his true skillset by losing so much in his prime. Oh shit bj Penn die hards are gonna come out of the wood workHow? Edgar beat prime Penn twice at LW.
Edgar fan here, I agree tho. Title defenses are a different game, you are no longer playing to win, you are playing to not lose. It's a different mindset that takes much more confidence. A new challenger always has the upperhand because they have nothing to lose and everything to gain, losing to the champ is not the worst, especially if your less experienced. However losing as champ creates a new type of doubt that is hard to overcome "It was so hard to get it, can I really get it back?"Aldo because of all the title defenses. Also more finishes and a dominant reign over a division for a prolonged period.
And of course beating Frankie
This is true. But if you go down that road you also must concede that some of his wins could have been losses.Edgar even with his losses they could have been wins.
there should be a place for 'virtual draws' in these conversations. Edgar v Aldo I was one. Edgar v BJ I was certainly another.I think Edgar should have won the first fight against Aldo, as many others. It was really close. Edgar could just as easily be 1-1 against Aldo as 0-2.
yes i think it is.
Is harder to stay at the top then it is to challenge for it.
How any times Frankie was capable to challenge for a tittle?
How many times he was capable to defend one?
he is the runner up to what i call 'The Dan Henderson Award"; not the best eva in any division, but top 3 in multiple.He has three defenses in a division notoriously more difficult than Aldo's division, and he's about to challenge for the FW belt for the third time. I can't think of another UFC fighter who's done that in the UFC, and it's not for lack of people trying. His ability to compete at the highest level actor two weight divisions for a decade is being undervalued here in my opinion.
By the way, I've already said Aldo's resume is better than Frankie's, but I think it's closer than people think, especially when you look at how they won and how they loss.
he is the runner up to what i call 'The Dan Henderson Award"; not the best eva in any division, but top 3 in multiple.