Frankie "The Answer" Edgar: Heart of a Champion
Posted on October 4, 2011, 09:10 AM by Anton GurevichBack at UFC 125, UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie "The Answer" Edgar proved he has heart of a true Champion. This weekend, Edgar will look to solidify his status as one of the best Mixed Martial Artists on the planet in a trilogy bout with Gray Maynard at UFC 135 in Houston, Texas. TRX take us behind the scenes of Frankie Edgar's preparations for Gray Maynard and the third defense of the title he won by beating BJ Penn at UFC 112.
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really dont know about this one...got a feeling maynard might edge it. id prefer frankie to win though, id love to see him fight aldo.
The way I look at it is Maynard either has two ways to win.
He can have another round like he did in the first fight, only this time get the KO/TKO, or he can outwrestle Edgar for a decision.
I seriously doubt we will see him knock Edgar around again like he did in the first fight. He is a powerful puncher, but Edgar is just to good a striker and too quick for that to happen again.
As far as outwrestling Edgar, I could see him maybe doing it for a couple rounds, but I think Edgar's quickness, conditioning and wrestling skills will make it very difficult to win the later rounds that way.
I see Edgar winning this fight by decision with his conditioning and speed.
Snoorr
Think that's what separates Edgar from the rest. Sure he has great speed, cardio, wrestling, boxing etc. But the dude just has so much heart, which really is what makes champions. I think the fact that he persevered through that 1st round with Maynard and came back means he'll already have a big psychological edge coming into this fight, knowing that he's taken the worst he can from Maynard and still survived.