Relive the iconic fight trilogy between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard. Edgar joins the UFC Hall of Fame class of 2024!
dark trunks for Frankie Edgar white trunks for grey mayor neither have lost Joe in their mixed martial arts career this is such a great match up Mike two really promising upand cominging contenders and uh this is a match that gry Meer asked for Frankie Edgar’s been just tearing it up and so has gray and uh you know both these guys real excited about finding out who the best one is at 155 our main event has two other great lightweights Joe Low’s on up and coming and well established veteran Kenny furry oh swinging a miss and immediately Frankie Goes Under very nice and this is what Grace said he was going to do he said he was going to stuff the take down and punish him on his feet claran University Pennsylvania now assisting the ruter wrestling team Frankie Edgar Michigan State Spartan grey mayor now training in Las Vegas both though know the wrestling is their base but both have worked so diligently to be well-rounded mixed martial artist examp right there yeah absolutely both these guys are very good boxing mayard the bully five and0 with one no contest Edgar the answer eight and0 overall in his mixed martial arts career then you kind of look at Kenny Florian Roger wera Frankie Edgar greay mayard with a win lozon could step right into the picture very very tight up top the lightweight division in the UFC yeah phenomenal Division and again not just in the UFC you got shinoki Jay-Z kavante so many good guys at that weight class good right hand by [Applause] Frankie it’s real interesting Mike from that first exchange when uh when gray missed the punch and Frankie Dove right under they both been kind of feeling each other out now you know they both know Frankie’s looking to immediately grab a hold of gray and uh you know and Frankie also know know that gray is going to try to stuff that taked down and you know sometimes Joe when you get into a situation where you’ve got great Jiu-Jitsu guy against Great Jiu-Jitsu guy or great Striker against Great Striker great wrestler against Great wrestler it’s who wins another facet of the game who is the one who wins the fight and and this is what Maynard’s plan was try to keep this in his feet and win the boxing aspect of it he landed a good right hand before that [Music] exchange this could easily be a fight of who makes the mistake three [Applause] points good combination by Frankie quick Hands by both these men good head kick blocked little cut over the right eye yeah gray mayor mayor dancing around Edgar pushing forward again mayard looks for the take take down he’s got it so the first taked down scored tonight tonight by grey mayor Frankie looking to hit that switch he’s looking to sit out here if he can get his legs free mayor’s got a hold of him Frank is back up rist control they’re battling it out right here for dominance KNE the elbow not letting him go holding on like a pit he’s got his hands cled together Ed tried to turn and deliver a big elbow he takes him down again good persistence and perseverance by grey mayard and he’s in the guard of Frankie Edgar ironically grey mayor a training partner Tyson Griffin it was Tyson Griffin who Edgar defeated in his UFC debut in a tremendous fight Edgar in an unfamiliar position here on his back on the bottom most of his fights in the UFC he’s been the one that’s been on top three time division one All-American wrestler for Michigan State grey maners under a minute remains in the first of three 5 minute rounds get out ramble mayard winds up on top but Edgar’s on his knees here mayard looking to get a guillotine here a minute Kraig mayard looked the posture up Edgar spun away Edgar back to his feet and here we go back from the feet under 30 seconds remains in round one Joe you see the blood on the eye the right eye of Grey mayor there’s nothing significant but it’s there you know what I see a little bit on Frankie Edgar’s eye as well I think he’s uh under his right eye he’s got a bit of a cut solid Jabs trying to lead with a hook round one done let’s go to work second round grey Maynard Frankie Edgar in the white TRS good first round for grey mayard you got two takedowns landed some good punches oh look for the uppercut there stumbled a bit mayard looks very comfortable with a stand up here tonight he’s got real good power I mean we saw it with that quick knockout of Joe Varys and uh we’re seeing it tonight he’s some hard leather at Frankie EDG oh I like that knock out 9 seconds into the fight Joe James irin has made his way into the UFC record books here tonight really the fastest love should go to lley got screwed say that it was like a 4se second knockout they countered it like eight or nine it’s just not fair both times Edgar has attempted the take down it’s been stuffed with authority by grey mayor not even close on his takedown attempts well gray has completed takedowns on three occasions now and he’s got it again mayor Ultimate Fighter five alone was on BJ Penn’s team submitted in the semi-finals by the eventual winner Nate Diaz who continues to look spectacular There You Go Frankie is uh struggling to his feet here and he’s up use that underhook on the right side to stand up elow nice right hand as well on the way up Edgar connected and that has given him some new life the Edgar pushing forward now that’s it it right good head movement by GRE M mixing things up your ankles baby please you that two beat this two with two GRE Frankie Edgar looking to move really into the lightweight title picture there you go you know it’s real interesting Mike with this fight being an altitude that these guys usually fight at such a furious Pace I was wondering whether it was going to affect them but both of them keeping up still great beautiful take down Frankie Edgar with his first Tak down beautiful use of momentum turned his over right after mayard had delivered a pretty good knee but may right back to his feet covered his face back but decided not to take it there mayor did a good job of covering up as he stood up cuz Edgar tried to punish him there see if somebody starts to score with some kicks now gray has got to be aware that that scoring punch scoring points excuse me so uh let’s see if he tries to win that back both guys thinking all right oh there’s a kick right there but mostly thinking all right if I if I go for the kick I might expose myself to the takedown and they have respect for each other’s wrestling skills I think that might have been the first taked down attempt by Frankie Edgar good left hand first successful one you know this is a a real interesting chess match Mike you know between two very closely skilled 155 Pounders you know true fans you know really appreciate these kind of fights we just really see a guy trying to figure out like almost a mirror image of himself and that and that really is what we have here Joe again gray with a beautiful taked down and he turned the corner trying to pass try to pass all in once stay on top of him 40 seconds remains in the round Frankie Edgar looking to lock in at kamur gry Maynard’s left arm but he’s inide control and gray great trying to be patient trying to turn this into a dominant position Frank he’s got that kamora 15 seconds left in the round if he could use uh one of his butterfly Hooks and try to toss him over with this he’s going to run out of time we will head to the third and final round mayard against Edgar third and final [Applause] round oh good right hand and a counter by Frankie mayor trying to push forward with that hook again good shot deep shot by greay Mater tosses over Frankie Edgar windes up on top tries for a throw what a battle Joe Mayer’s got his back what an absolute really turning it on the last round they don’t want to leave it to the judges combination Again by Frankie Edgar good faint there by gray to try to lure him in Joe as you score the fight who’s ahead right now man I would not want to be a judge in this fight uh you know what you got to give the first round to gray because of the two takedowns second round who knows man great round Frankie Edgar had that beautiful throw they’re just they’re really close rounds turn to the turn to the right this is theer right here baby this is where we got to work and again great takes it down 340 remains in the fight I think that has been I mean if you want to look at it from a judging criteria that’s been the difference grey mayor has got more takedowns and that’s when both these guys have been struggling for back up again I mean oh there’s the big take down that’s big defensive defensive yes yes mayor trying to get to a truly dominant position you know it’s just such a light advantage in the wrestling but it’s proving to be a big difference down again behind your back take him for a ride y so strong another one oh he gets his back this time M trying to solidify the win go go got can’t quite secure those hooks but this has been a dominant third round for great now he’s got one hook nice can he get another one in let’s [Applause] go he lost it cuz he had to take control or retain control Edgar truly in search of a momentum shift now yeah he’s got to do something big at this point in time and there he get be start mayard shakes him off though just over two minutes remains in the fight good control in this third and final round by grey mayor Frankie Edgar absolutely exhausted and that’s the first time we’ve ever seen that from him no question an altitude as we talked about all night long definitely plays into this gray with a big push he’s got his hands clenched Edgar goes again Frankie Edgar realizes he’s in big trouble he’s solidifying this round and he’s got him out he’s right in front of us 90 seconds on the clock this is big he lost the mount Edgar in half guard right now two unbeaten Fighters colliding here tonight in [Music] Colorado short elbow by greay Maynard he’s trying to keep Edgar down Edgar doing his best to scramble up to his feet trying to lock into kamur on Gray’s arm one minute remains gray staying on top of them keep the pressure the [Music] win gray staying on top here Edgar trying to scramble what a great show of conditioning side control now for by gray mayor Joe he has seemed to be the fresher fighter nice knee to the body there by Greg here in the third round yeah he’s really turned it on with the wrestling in this round now he’s in north south position he can pound himself the only Victory right here the only problem here is he’s got to be careful that uh he doesn’t use his legs to push off the cage 15 seconds remains just great job by gray of uh retaining control in this round I mean Frankie’s been scrambling the entire way but gray has stayed on top of him and in my opinion and he solidify the [Applause] decision on a crazy night with a ton of great fights for the first time this evening we go to the judges scorecards ladies and gentlemen after three rounds of action we go to the judges scorecards for a decision all three judges score this contest 3027 declaring the winner by unanimous decision gray the bully mayor Frankie Edgar greay mayard five rounds of fighting for the UFC lightweight title Eve LaVine our referee you ready sir ready fight here we go J Jersy Jersey blue trunks for Mayer black trunks for Frankie Edgar two true Elite mixed martial [Applause] artists the big key to the first fight was the wrestling of Grey Maynard the size and strength his ability to take down Frankie Edgar let’s see what adjustments Frankie Edgar has made in dealing with grey mayard Style [Applause] his footwork is just fun to watch and that will be the key tonight in and out stay away from the power and avoid the takedowns yeah the only person I know that moves more is the WC 135lb Champion Dominick Cruz constant movement who is now the UFC yeah absolutely 135lb champion and uh if youve never seen that guy fight what a treat WC lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis watching the fight tonight he will face the winner for the title a big time Frankie tried to spin out of trouble mayor chasing him down GRE mayor hammering on dranky edger and it gives up big shots May looking to finish this fight mayard all over him Edgar’s in big trouble Mike he’s trying to get back to his feet but gray is not letting him he nailed him again and again gray mayard [Applause] the three minutes still head Frankie Edgar’s trying to get it together someone’s bleeding Maynard all over Edgar [Applause] it’s Edgar’s nose wow incredible I can’t believe he got back up to his feet after that he’s hurt bad though Mike still mayor trying to connect some more and Edgar trying for the taked down here grce stuffed [Applause] it big start for grey mayor amazing that Frankie Edgar was able to recover from that at [Applause] all go guys Edgar takes a quick look at the clock his nose is bleeding very badly mik bloody but not beaten yet he’s wobbly he is again the left hand connects mayard looks for the upper clut again are bad Edgar stumbles and Spins 145 on the [Applause] clock big right hand oh we Hur him again Edgar just trying to [Applause] survive back to his feet again amazing bar and he connected to [Applause] gray what a gutty performance by Frankie Edgar here in round one if Frankie Edgar gets out of this fight it will be out of this round rather it will be incredible it’s incredible he’s lasted this long [Applause] Joe what a warrior his hands are down though Mike and his chin is straight up in the air I think he’s disoriented still he’s trying to keep it together but he’s still badly hurt mayard has thrown a lot of punches trying to finish this fight Joe 30 seconds and Frankie tagged mayor but mayor did not get hurt at [Applause] all he seems to have gotten his legs back under him a bit moving better than he was earlier unbelievable he’s still hurt though Mike and he still got his hands down oh he almost got KN final seconds of the first round just tagged great with a body shot wow amazing he made it out of that round truly world class athletes back please competing in the Octagon fight second round there a bit of a mark under the left eye of mayard Edgar opens up with a [Applause] kick all the training that these mixed martial artists do Joe example right there to be able to withand the punishment that Maynard put on Edgar in round one yeah he might not even remember that round right now that’s a very distinct possibility yep i’ probably not like to remember it but he starts out moving much better moving much better starting to try to find his power in his crew and he just nailed gray mayard thre a lot of punches in that first [Applause] round applied a lot of pressure how much did that affect his cardio especially if we get deeper into the championship rounds yeah is a very real possibility he could have gassed himself out by throwing those punches but the amount of punishment that he put on Frankie Edgar you got to think man that’s got to affect his cardio as well I mean he’s certainly in tremendous shape and he’s certainly capable of recovering enough to be moving like this but he took so much damage in that round Maynard looking to load up [Applause] again nice right hand by Frankie and a kick combination by Edgar this is a fight where Eve lavine’s got to be careful he doesn’t get collided you know these guys are moving so fast Edgar leading with the jab sometimes when a fighter lands a big Power Punch and hurts the opponent they all of a sudden go into this kind of head hunting mode and they lose sight of the technique that got him there in the first place so let’s keep an eye on Grey mayor see if that happens to him oh CAU him scores he got [Applause] rocked Edgar showing the True Heart of a champion in round one nice leg kick there as well looking to go high that [Applause] time gray has slown down considerably in this round Frankie easily shrugs off that takedown [Music] attempt Grace punches Mike they they see much more [Applause] labored in the first round grey mayor threw 97 punches trying to finish the fight I mean I would love to see how many of them actually landed but he threw all of them with bad intentions total strikes 97 and many of them were vicious quick Hands by Frankie Edgar two of mma’s elite battling for the lightweight title Edgar trying to get inside with a combination again Joe and he’s got man mayard and Edgar putting on a show outstanding wow I can’t believe he’s recovered so well after that first round hey talk about Frankie Edgar’s Iron Will and heart desire determination seeing it all here and he’s been the quicker one to the punch here in round [Applause] two gray with a good left hook there that’s the left hook he knocked out Joe varis with under 30 now in round oh he nailed him another sneaky right hand by Frankie found a home and the under the left eye of mayard is swollen knee by greay mayard and he na him again com in the right hand that time that time he wobbled him again he nailed him what a second round by Frankie Edgar what a fight what a fight yes and his boxing coach Gil Martinez was saying touch touch touch and then load him up he doesn’t want him to try to throw Haymakers with every [Music] [Applause] punch and right away you see gray moving differently he’s thinking about what his coach has told him and he’s moving differently and Randy said you gave that round back to him third round I think Frankie Edgar took that round yeah I give you that one for [Applause] sure first title fight for mayard Edgar’s been the distance twice both of those against BJ Penn both of those victories to2 nice to the body and followed with the hand very nice jab as well beauti kick jumped into that one he’s found his rhythm [Applause] [Music] a minute into the third round Ray’s Camp call calling for the uppercut as Frankie ducks in for those shots to the body Edgar stuffed a couple of takedown attempts very easily in the second round and then had that big Tak down of his own [Applause] [Applause] still in a bit of shock and disbelief that Frankie Edgar did what he did in round one amazing that he’s still here and it looks great I don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody recover from a beating like that absolutely not I can’t even think of a close second to come back from a round like that first round and have a round like the second round just incredible [Applause] and a good combination Landing here in the third Eddie Bravo just brought up Jake Shields and Dan Henderson that might be the closest I’ve ever seen gray going for the Tak down and Frankie stuffed it and landed a couple [Applause] punches gray loves to load up on that left hook Mike UFC 126 Silva versus Bel for presented by Bud Light Saturday February 5th a it’s going to be a great battle Anderson Silver VOR Bel for for the title Griffin Franklin Jones Bader live on pay-per-view ticket still available lightweight title fight right here third round just past the Midway point of the fight gray is definitely boxing better in this round caught that kick you see a difference in the way he’s moving listening to his coaches lighter on his feet listening to Gil Martinez touch touch and then load [Applause] up there’s a nice left hook by by gray Frankie just missed with that right [Applause] lead hook looking for the uppercut oh he nailed it body shot and he nailed him with the right hand [Applause] again oh there’s the upper an uppercut and the Blood starts flowing from the nose again those were the best two connections since round one for mayor Joe nice left hook as well by Gray Maynard trying to set up that big right hand [Applause] nice leg kick by gray one [Applause] minute nice went with the front kick mayard trying to take him down Frankie looking for the kamur on Gray’s arm got him down can he keep him down it’s tough to see what Frankie’s doing with his right arm 30 seconds Edgar up yeah he’s tying up that arm trying to get a kamur on it it drops down in the half guard [Applause] though no not even half guard basically he’s almost mounted now side control nice recovery by Edgar spun right around back into half guard Frankie on his back final seconds of the round gu gutin final seconds Championship [Applause] [Music] round uppercut by Edgar now he looks for the Tak down and he gets it g te he’s got a game team TR TR on play Mater frer [Applause] good combination both men are [Music] bloody again taking down the All-American wrestler on frequent occasion CR and trying to pass staying on top getting the back over under on the back no hook so far but he’s still controlling him with that over under staying very tight lost it for a second back to their feet Maynard highly decorated during his days at Michigan State when he was roommates with former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans [Applause] both men leaving it all in the AC on tonight Frankie Edgar coming on strong greay Mayer’s arms Mike are coming much slower the punches are coming slower all that grappling fills those arms up with blood makes it very difficult to let those hands loose see that now very labored nice jab though again [Applause] stopped under three on the clock here in the fourth nice right hand close fourth [Music] round mayard big swing and a miss nice [Applause] knee good [Applause] exchange drives with that Tak down rest cently both men National qualifiers All-American big shots to Grey Maynard’s [Applause] chin go guys kid from the Jersey Shore trying to defend his title [Applause] under 90 seconds now on the clock in this [Applause] round labored as you said Joe yeah I mean this is his first Venture into the fourth round in his career threw 97 punches in the first round nice Jabs there by [Music] Frankie he fakes it Tak down and comes up with [Applause] punches and he does not slow down I mean here we are in the fourth round after the tremendous beating he took in that first round and he’s still moving just like he was in the first Iron Will Ironclad and will he get this one no be able to fight off to work yes he forces him to work forces him to defend [Applause] aggression under [Applause] [Music] [Applause] 30 the more rounds he wins the more it comes into question what was the scoring in the first round excellent point it was such a tremendous beating that he took it it couldn’t just be a 109 round and Dom dominant around as we’ve seen in a long time maybe with a guy surviving maybe ever what a great main event of the evening what a way to start out a busy 2011 in the [Applause] UFC desperation in the minds of both men neither wants to leave it in the hands of the judges I suspect Frankie Ed is going to be shooting for a lot of takedowns in this [Applause] round and on paper if you would have said who would win the takedown battle a lot of people probably would have believed gry mayor yeah especially after the first fight yeah and after the way he was able to handle Kenny [Applause] floran and you brought up an interesting point before the Improvement of Frankie Edgar between the first and second BJ pen fights it was also confidence it was a confidence issue you know having beaten the greatest lightweight of all time he was just soaring coming into that second fight Fifth and Final Round next month right down the road at manderlay Bay for Anderson Silva VOR bfor UFC 126 only on pay-per-view tickets are still available [Applause] [Music] nice combination oh on the clock big strike by mayard he wanted that uppercut again Joe 3:15 good scramble gray shot there nice [Applause] knee such a close fight under three now gray again shoots but he’s having a hard time he’s got him tied up though he’s got his neck Edgar gets free [Applause] Frankie is throwing a lot of open-handed punches with the left especially the left hook you got to wonder whether he hurt his [Applause] hand good combination stops the take down attempt [Applause] again nice knee to the body and he goes for the take down [Applause] connection again two minutes remains of the [Applause] fight Fifth and Final [Applause] Round again Edgar Stuffs the take down all night long clipped [Applause] him under 90 now both guys obviously very tired even even Frankie showing some fatigue here in his takedown attempts good combination there though looked up at the clock gray grabs a hold of him both stuffing each other’s takedown attempts here in the fifth and final one minute left in this fight right hand by mayor counter by Edgar Domination by Frank right hand 45 seconds quick left by Maynard stuffed again 3 [Applause] seconds both men fighting right to the Finish grabs the neck 10 seconds left in the fight swinging to the Finish They Go the Distance wow for the UFC lightweight title ladies and gentlemen after five rounds of action we go to the judges score cards for a decision the judges score this contest 4846 mayard 4846 Edgar and 4747 this fight is considered a [Applause] draw talk to both you guys let’s start round nine ready let’s fight tonight’s clock brought to you by Bud Light here we go great Trunks from mayor very low in his stance a true wrestling setup there white and red and black trunks for Frankie Edgar the champion whose average fight time Joe has been 16 minutes and 14 seconds really good footwork very good boxing and the craziest thing is Edgar is really one of the smaller guys at 155 he doesn’t cut any weight at all Mike he walks around at 140 excuse me 155 lbs nice combination by the champion but he believes it gives him a speed and stamina Advantage but he has considered moving to 45 well there was also a time where 45 wasn’t included inside the octagon and Frankie said I want to be a UFC champion well now he can shine at 45 but first thing first and that is this title matchup and trying to defeat the only man to ever better him to ever even fight to a draw with him he has to be careful in moving towards his left Mike he continues to move towards his left and when he does that Gray Maynard is looking to step into it and hit him with a right hand as he’s moving and gray has huge power big Power especially in that right hand swarms on him the speed and perseverance of the answer Frankie Edgar father of two little Frankie and 18mon old Santino his father truly Frank Edgar his biggest fan he’s moving to his left now again towards the right hand of Maynard occasionally he switches it moves towards his right Maynard an All-American at Michigan State college roommate of Rashad Evans got big uppercut by grey mayard and again with the uppercut ducking under for the single is Frankie watch out for the big uppercut he ate a big knee he ate a big knee mayard trying to tea off here early it all changed with the uppercut and a again he look for it he’s still right in front of a Mike he’s still losing this looks a lot like what we saw on January right hand by Frankie but a little more return from Frankie here early Frankie’s got to recover here he’s got to move and recover big right hand by grey mayard his eyes still on completely clear New Jersey is full of tough dudes this might be the toughest kid ever from the Garden State one to the uppercut [Applause] again switching stances is Ed oh he that right hand grabbing onto the leg Josh Rosen th all over the action 90 seconds on the clock two uppercut mayor trying to be the bully here stuff easily he’s got to move and gray Mayer’s got to close the distance with the uppercut gray is having amazing success with that uppercut Mike he has added that to his repertoire for this fight he looked for it again because it was the hook that did the damage in the second fight Joe Frankie’s in trouble head kick but again didn’t we say that once before Oh big knee mayard trying to finish the champion Frankie’s nose is broken like eag looking to leave with the belt just over 30 seconds again he gets Ro big left hook by May and again with the right hand and should we say it again what is keeping Frankie Edgar standing is much more disciplined absolutely in his response this time if it makes it another 10 seconds he’ll be a different fighter in the second round tonight than he was in Las Vegas much more conservative in his attack look at him he’s fine he’s not gassed out at all very different than January 1st well he most certainly benefited from the experience of that first fight and he looks great coming into the second round fight clock brought to you by Bud Light Here We Go Round Two low again in that wrestling stance I mean gray even said when he talked about the last fight Joe that he had to use really the second round to try to recover from the [Music] first watch for the six the lead [Applause] uppercut switching The Stance the champion back to [Applause] Orthodox 110 and one with one no contest for grey Maynard unbeaten as a professional Frankie Edgar 131 and one he is 13 and grey [Music] mayor great much more composed here in this second round being very patient he knows he’s way ahead after that first round and Frankie Edgar has to come after him good Lu franking body head with the hook [Applause] [Applause] switches that stance again I wonder if when he’s switching he’s thinking about taking great down most wrestlers instead of boxers boxers if they have a strong right hand they lead with the left whereas wrestlers if they’re right-handed with step with the right foot forward well Gray Maynard is not easy to take down and Frankie has only been successful four of 16 takedown attempts against gray coming into tonight’s third fight trying to establish the jab let those quick hands go blood dripping from the nose of the champion pass the Midway point of round [Applause] two UFC 136 presented by budlight Frankie Edgar’s doing a very good job so far in this round of boxing Mike of moving and recovering to a certain degree well gr’s allowed him to a good right hand by Frankie but the right hands just don’t have the same impact as the ones that grey lands when grey lands Frankie gets Shook Up when Frankie lands Ray eats it well you’re talking about as you said a guy in Frankie Edgar who walks at about 155 160 and a guy like Gray Maynard who walks upwards near 200 lb really yeah he has gotten big with his lifting and now as you can see it’s different though here Joe you can just tell from his body composition he approached this one differently I don’t think he’s ever really gotten saw yeah yeah did a lot of powerlifting earlier especially for his battles with Diaz and Florian when he felt like he could overpowered fight like a bully if you [Music] will just over a minute now in round [Applause] [Music] two and the real key as you’ve talked about is how does the fighter approach the ability to peak tonight when it’s all on the line good body shot excellent Body Shop there by Frankie but the body shot is not going to who head kick it’s not going to have the same kind of impact as the ones that Gray’s throwing inside leg kick by Frankie again it’s a volume overpower shot uh situation well the difference in this round two is yes the recovery is evident for Edgar but Edgar was really kind of very very creative with his takedowns and much more aggressive on January 1st a very big first round for grey mayor and the second has 15 seconds on the clock he wanted to load up on that uppercut good combination by Edgar there good left hook that’s one of the few punches that gra landed in this round 9 months of anger and frustration climaxing here tonight for both [Applause] men fight clock all night long brought to you by Bud Light here we go early in round three let’s see if mayor pushes the pace [Music] Joe and his Corner said hey don’t forget don’t abandon the takedown who’s the better wrestler here in their opinion it’s mayor [Music] fingers Frankie a four-time division one National qualifier at Clarion University All-American In freestyle Edgar a very decorated All-American at Michigan State KNE 106 wins as a Spartan again Edgar excuse me GRE Maynard is looking for that uppercut Edgar avoided but gray is throwing it with so much power he’s just stepping into it as well a great featherweight title fight and another fine battle here for the lightweight title nice leg kick there executed by Edgar and Edgar got a hold of a single here as good as Maynard was in round one as you said Joe he’s got to be careful not to let Frankie get right back into this fight and I think he already has done that Frankie has relaxed and gotten into a rhythm a good moving Rhythm and Gray’s having a hard time catching him now nice leg kick by Frankie and by mayard powerful response by [Applause] Maynard two great competitors leaving it all here in Houston for the lightweight belt under three in the third the last one went the [Applause] distance mayard hasn’t driven for that shot Frankie’s tough to take down especially since he has improved his footwork so drastically Joe well he’s much less predictable than he used to be early in his career and his footwork combined with his speed makes him very difficult to find I mean nine of 10 in the first fight in ‘ 08 three of 11 in the second some of it was due to the fatigue of Mayor but some of it as you said was due to the great Improvement of Frankie Edgar and then there’s also the oh there’s a good uppercut there by Maynard and there’s also the factor of the weight cut that Frankie doesn’t have to deal with that he believes is his Advantage the fact that he fights it his natural weight he does not dehydrate himself whereas gray nice right hand by Frankie gray certainly cuts a lot of weight 90 seconds Beau leg kick and then look how he avoids the right hand counter by Maynard Frankie’s really found a good Rhythm here Mike his head workor is so good his head movement his footwork he just slips underneath and gets out of Harm’s Way in fact he was the first to score in the first round before Maynard started unloading on that uppercut in another combination nice combination by Edgar really having a hard time find ing his rhythm again Mike and I think it’s because he took that second round off so well in the first oh that was a hay maker of a right hand if that one landed Edgar would have been in all sorts of trouble [Applause] 45 it was inevitable that the rematch the third fight had to happen and it does here as both men recovered some from some injuries Joe greay mayor was ready to fight injured in the rematch initially then Frankie was banged up as well so they waited till they were close to 100% here tonight final seconds of the third round that was a beautiful combination right there went for the leg couldn’t get it threw a leg kick landed got out of the way of the counter a dominant first round by mayor not as dominant as he was on January 1st was for gray to use his wrestling and don’t be one-dimensional Gray Maynard hasn’t really looked to take Frankie Edgar down no he has it well you know when you get success with punches and you land them and you hurt the guy so bad that becomes your primary focus and Gray Maynard has become a one punch guy Maynard saying or pardon me Edgar saying that Maynard might have accidentally got him in the eye again joshh Rosenthal talks to both Fighters quickly became a title Contender by bullying people can he bully Frankie Edgar here in the championship Browns well his nickname really is about his dogs you know if you if you talk to him he has bullies you know and uh he loves his dogs and that’s where he got his nickname but he does have that bully style of fighting hands up stays at distance here nice ja answerer beautiful combination by Frankie the quick hands and effective of the champion circling around displaying the footwork that we first really saw at this level against BJ Penn tucks under attempt by gray and a nice knee by gray nice stop by Edgar again look at the head movement Edgar slipping those punches under three and a half nice right hand hand that one hurt him and an upper cut by Frankie that right hand really got his attention Mike you can see it in his eyes and again and a good counter by gray gray had Frankie in some trouble in the first Edgar has worked his way back to getting the better of the standup exchange here in the [Applause] four nice kick nice leg kick he’s doing a great job of mixing things up and being unpredictable the only fighter to ever survive three knockdowns in one fight let alone one round [Applause] Edgar wrestled in the same conference as Josh kek looking for his third title defense amazing Movement by Frankie another right hand raised May looking for a big counter Joe but as you said Edgar’s in and then he’s out look right there boom boom and he’s [Applause] out good combination there good right to the body and Grace swinging in air trying to respond 90 seconds the 12th round of competition between these men and you he Gilbert his boxing [Applause] trainer upper cut by Edgar Edgar looking for the b in trouble it’s all over unbelievable edar Remains the lightweight champion here it is it’s that uppercut that had him badly hurt and Frankie picked his shots uppercut again right hook let’s see it again that right drops him that one takes him out Frankie jumps on him and he’s face first and out toughest kid ever from Jersey wow and let’s see it again that one drops him and this is the finishing shots here no doubt about it face down Frankie Edgar retains his title in devastating and very satisfying faction for him