After a night of Fitch getting Fitch'd and Overeem getting knocked the eff out, I thought there was a chance that Frankie Edgar was about to do the seemingly impossible and 'Aldo' Jose Aldo. But, when you look at it in hindsight, this was the exact type of fight from Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar you expected.

Official UFC 156 Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar bulletpoints:

• Frankie Edgar bloody nose? Check.

• Leg kicks? Check. From both fighters.

• Jose Aldo slowing down with a surging Frankie post round three. It happened.

• Early dominance by Aldo only for Frankie to rally back with a black eye? Yep.

• Controversy on social networks over the decision. Somewhat, yes.

• Leg welts. This fight had them.

• Calls for a rematch. Yep.

It was a great fight in a night full of shocking moments. UFC 156 will be remembered for a long, long time with all of the ripples bumping the rankings appropriately. Rashad dropping to fight Anderson now? Looks like he might have to establish himself at middleweight first. Where does Overeem go from here? Werdum rubber-match? JDS? Barnett, if he comes into the UFC is absolutely in the mix, and Demian Maia makes an already deep welterweight division into quicksand. Let's do Maia/Woodley. Frankie? He could be a contender in three weight classes if he wanted to be.

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-25 # Newfag 2013-02-02 22:22

First!

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-11 # eddie bravos dealer 2013-02-02 22:26

close fight, i had it 48-47 edgar but could see 48-47 aldo, but 49-46 what fucking fight were those judges watching.

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+26 # pound4pound 2013-02-02 22:43

The fight were Aldo landed significant punches and Edgar thought it was an amateur boxing fight, rounds 3 and 5 were close if you want but Aldo was hiting Edgar hard while Edgar was only sparring

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-24 # MEOW2 2013-02-02 22:37

edgar won

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+4 # dota2 2013-02-03 01:09

Quoting MEOW2:

edgar won

he lost 5-0 deal with it.

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+2 # Sambro 2013-02-03 12:43

Fuck Edgar and his fuckin' rematches. If the som'bitch would finish a fight, he wouldn't have to look all dejected when the decision goes against him, yet again.

Aldo picked him apart for 3 rounds.

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+2 # TDM 2013-02-02 22:42

Close fight. Can't get mad at the other guy winning. I think Edgar rematches Aldo, Reem fights JDS since they're both coming off of losses, IDK where Rashad goes or where Lil' Nog goes , I'd like to see both Maia and Woodley fight closer to the title. Both did great.

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+11 # CharlatansUnited 2013-02-02 23:26

Aldos fucking cornermen telling him he's winning rounds when really he was cutting it way to close for comfort.

Aldo shoulda destroyed that leg by the end of round one--even if Edgar did manage to get him down he'd still have 4 more rounds left in the fight...

..by far one of the most frustrating fights ive seen in a while

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+7 # enrikk 2013-02-03 00:23

Yeah, Aldo could have easily done enough damage to those legs that Frankie wouldn't be able to shoot anymore. Two kicks and Edgar's legs were almost done. With his ability to get back up, it would have been safer to kick Edgar than to wait for his own gas tank to run out on the feet. Too close for comfort.

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+7 # H 2013-02-03 05:34

yes because you two both know more about fighting than Jose Aldo

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+7 # enrikk 2013-02-03 07:23

Would you say that Overeem was overly confident and that he should have taken his fight seriously? Or does saying so mean that you know more about kickboxing than he does?

We're just fans, giving opinions. It's okay, we're allowed.

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+3 # H 2013-02-03 09:03

yeah i understand but Aldo had reasons for not attacking the leg as much Edgar started to get his timing down and was starting to defend them really well. Overeem was just being a fucking idiot and the only possible explanation for his performance is that he didn't want to break his hand on Bigfoots giant head and that he got tired wasting his energy on stuff that wasn't working

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+1 # enrikk 2013-02-03 09:34

I appreciate that Aldo had his own reasons for not engaging, but everyone who loses has reasons for why they didn't do something or another, also. As a fight fan, it just didn't seem like Edgar had really been defending that well. I think he blocked 2 out of 6, the first two of which were devastating and the other two that landed were partially absorbed by him falling to the mat. Seems to me he could have just switched it up and kept using them (inside kicks, kicks to the other leg etc)

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0 # CharlatansUnited 2013-02-03 10:16

hear hear
On point once again

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-9 # olgy 2013-02-02 23:34

I see your precious Overeem isn't covered? Maybe because his shit got leveled?

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+17 # meh 2013-02-03 00:02

mma judging needs to be revised. i don't see how simply landing strikes is considered effective if you can't do damage. sure edgar looked impressive in terms of scoring toward the latter rounds, but aldo walked right through his best. if you can't hurt your opponent your technique is essential ineffective. am i the only one who thinks this way? it's like a fucked you up, but you connected a lot and i smiled your strikes off and literally gassed rearranging your face, but you may win because you touched me more.

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+18 # enrikk 2013-02-03 00:31

I don't think you're the only one at all - that's why Frankie has never been a big draw among fans. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but I hate all his fights because he almost never hurts anyone, and unlike Mighty Mouse, his spastic "technique" isn't very interesting to watch, either. Mighty Mouse is creative, but Frankie just jiggles in place and doesn't go away. Kid has heart for days and I really respect that, but he just makes great fighters look bad without making himself look good.

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+13 # enrikk 2013-02-03 00:40

Sorry, don't mean to sound harsh, but I was really hoping this fight would end in a finish - if Frankie lost definitively, it would prevent more endless rematches and if he won definitively, then I could root for him as a threat to the new weight division. Sadly, neither was to be.

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+3 # grimsgrinded 2013-02-03 08:42

enrikk wins this discussion.

The only thing I would add is Aldo is the more skilled fighter, regardless of his "cardio issues"

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+4 # enrikk 2013-02-03 08:59

Heh, not a competition, we're in agreement on this one, but thanks. Yeah, Aldo has the superior tools. Man those leg kicks are deadly.

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0 # meh 2013-02-03 15:23

you fucking idiot. lrn2read

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+1 # meh 2013-02-03 15:26

let me tell you what you did. you saw that i wrote "mma judging" and immediately assumed i was in favor of edgar getting a decision win over aldo. ppl...

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+4 # pound4pound 2013-02-03 00:40

Amen to tha brotha...

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-1 # Sambro 2013-02-03 15:39

you're a retard. how do you know if damage is not occurring? fighters are trained not to show pain.

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+19 # TheFuckingBest 2013-02-03 00:03

Pettis Is calling out Aldo......thats a fight id like to see

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+1 # KevZeeBest 2013-02-03 01:05

this fight was nothing more then...alluring angelic,enticin g, and excellent all at the same time.

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+5 # the crimson gypsy 2013-02-03 07:04

Goddamn it Frankie, learn to finish or GTFO. The only question Edgar is the answer to is "How do you fuck up your career with endless rematches that eventually no one gives a fuck about?"

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+1 # da pig 2013-02-03 14:52

Seriously, how deluded are you Frankie haters. Finish a fight or GTFO? Like the way Aldo and Bendo finished him? Check your reasoning, you seem not so bright.

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-8 # Word 2013-02-03 07:16

I don't know I thought 1/2 were all Aldo, 3/4 were Edgar, and 5 was up in the air, but leaning slightly towards Edgar. Frankie just needed to pressure Aldo more. He's not the best under pressure, he's a superior striker. Perhaps in round two with the leg kick knock down some ref's scored it 10-8?

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+5 # EmperorThai 2013-02-03 08:18

Anthony Showtime Pettis!

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+6 # grimsgrinded 2013-02-03 08:40

Aldo vs. Pettis might be FOTY for me.

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+7 # grimsgrinded 2013-02-03 08:39

1,2,3,5, Aldo.

Not to mention Fe said "I keep finding myself in these close fights" yeah YOU keep finding yourself in them, no one else. It's YOU who's making it a close fight. Quit being so conservative and things might actually be exciting. Other than the only excitement in a Fe fight is him returning from a massive beat down. And he's even getting worse at that.


Lastly....How does someone who is 0-3 in his past 3 fights deserve ANOTHER title rematch? Bullshit. Frankie starts at the bottom. He's 3 and fucking 0.

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-2 # the crimson gypsy 2013-02-03 09:03

ha I wasn't even thinking about his current 0-3 status i think he's looking to dominate the division once Aldo moves up but i doubt he'll last that long! 135? lol

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+1 # Over What? 2013-02-03 12:35

Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl feat. Georgi Kay - In My Mind (Axwell Mix Edit)

----- This will be forever for me the music of shame for the Reem

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-7 # fuckandersonsilva 2013-02-03 12:54

fuck that decision. total bs. aldo got backed up the whole fight and mounted almost zero offense. fuck that. and fuck you.

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0 # meh 2013-02-03 15:29

so edgar was just falling on his ass himself? that's strange. i'm guessing he also had his seconds beat his face up afterwards being that aldo mounted almost no offense.

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-3 # fuckandersonsilva 2013-02-03 16:47

no. you're wrong. frankie won. deal with it.

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0 # meh 2013-02-04 07:39

think i heard you in the crowd screaming "go frankie" in a shrill high pitched voice. you're his gf, right?

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