Wow…Frankie Edgar is STILL one of the baddest men on the planet…
Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar has found himself in a strange situation lately. Since dropping to featherweight, Edgar has been subject to a number of unfortunate circumstances, and also narrow losses to Jose Aldo.
When ‘The Answer’ came down to 145 pounds, Conor McGregor was leading the pack. Even though Edgar had called for a fight with McGregor on many occasions, those challenges fell on deaf ears.
Loss To Aldo
When ‘The Notorious’ spent 2016 fighting in the welterweight and lightweight divisions, the 145-pounders suffered. Aldo and Edgar were set for a rematch of their thrilling UFC 156 affair, and at UFC 200 the outcome was the same.
Edgar lost the rematch by decision, and thus found himself in limbo in his new division. The chances of fighting McGregor were nil, and a trilogy fight against Aldo was highly unlikely. All Edgar can do now is keep winning, and hope that maybe Max Holloway can unify the title against Aldo.
Frankie Edgar vs. Yair Rodriguez Recap & Highlights
During last night’s explosive UFC 211, Edgar came up against rising Mexican prospect Yair Rodriguez. The young star’s explosive and unusual striking saw him knock out BJ Penn in his last outing.
Edgar wasn’t having any of this, and did not buy in to the hype at all. Smashing his way to victory, Edgar made Rodriguez’s face look like something from a horror flick.
Watch on the player below as Frankie Edgar turns Yair Rodriguez’s face to mincemeat:
UFC 211 full results
Elsewhere on the card we had a bunch of great fights and exciting finishes. If you want to watch the video highlights of the main event, you can do so here. Also very noteworthy is the fact Demian Maia beat Jorge Masvidal, and will challenge Tyron Woodley in the next welterweight title fight.
Check out the full UFC 211 results list below.
Main card
Heavyweight: Stipe Miocic def. Junior dos Santos via TKO at 2:22 in Round 1
Women’s strawweight: Joanna Jędrzejczyk def. Jéssica Andrade via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-44, 50-45)
Welterweight: Demian Maia def. Jorge Masvidal via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Featherweight: Frankie Edgar def. Yair Rodriguez via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of Round 2
Middleweight: Dave Branch def. Krzysztof Jotko via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Preliminary card
Lightweight: Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier ruled no contest due to illegal knees
Featherweight: Jason Knight def. Chas Skelly via TKO (punches) at 0:39 of Round 3
Heavyweight: Chase Sherman def. Rashad Coulter via KO (elbow) at 3:36 of Round 2
Lightweight: James Vick def. Marco Polo Reyes via TKO (punches) at 2:39 of Round 1
Women’s strawweight: Cortney Casey def. Jessica Aguilar via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Featherweight: Enrique Barzola def. Gabriel Benítez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28(
Light heavyweight: Gadzhimurad Antigulov def. Joachim Christensen via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:21 of Round 1
