Saturday, October 8, 2011, the Ultimate Fighting Championship went from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, for UFC 136 - Edgar vs. Maynard III which featured a lightweight title bout between #1 contender Gray Maynard (10-0-1) and reigning lightweight champion, Frankie Edgar (13-1-1). The champion's only career loss heading into the contest came at the hands of Maynard in 2008, but "The Bully" was unable to duplicate that result on new year's day, 2011, as the two rivals battled to a five-round unanimous draw.
The Ricardo Almeida Brazilian Jiu Jitsu product was everything that makes for a great champion on Saturday, October 8, as the once beaten lightweight survived another first round drubbing to win rounds two and three and all three judge's cards before securing the victory with a devastating fourth round TKO when an upper-cut followed by a series of hooks landed flush on the jawline of the Xtreme Couture representative. The official end came at 3:54 of the fourth round, as Frankie "The Answer" Edgar retains his UFC 155lbs title.
“I hit him with a right hand. I saw he was rocked, and I just went in for the kill, man,” said Edgar. “It ain’t easy fighting somebody three times. Gray brought the best out in me, so I’ve got to thank him and his team.”
In the co-main event, Jose Aldo Jr. swept all judges cards [49-46] as the defending champion was simply the more dynamic striker over five rounds of action, while demonstrating the ability to capture dominate positions throughout the contest - although Florian showed remarkable ability to regain defensive postures. The win makes it thirteen consecutive for the Nova Uniao stand-out as he looks ahead to Team Alpha Male's Chad Mendes in 2012.
Official results from UFC 136 are found below:
1 Mike Massenzio def. Steve Cantwell via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
2 Aaron Simpson def. Eric Schafer via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
3 Darren Elkins def. Tiequan Zhang via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
4 Stipe Miocic def. Joey Beltran via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
5 Anthony Pettis def. Jeremy Stephens via Decision (Split) rd3 5:00
6 Demian Maia def. Jorge Santiago via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
7 Joe Lauzon def. Melvin Guillard via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) rd1 0:47
8 Nam Phan def. Leonard Garcia via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
9 Chael Sonnen def. Brian Stann via Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) rd2 3:51
10 Jose Aldo def. Kenny Florian via Decision (Unanimous) rd5 5:00
11 Frankie Edgar def. Gray Maynard via KO (Punches) rd4 3:54
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The Ricardo Almeida Brazilian Jiu Jitsu product was everything that makes for a great champion on Saturday, October 8, as the once beaten lightweight survived another first round drubbing to win rounds two and three and all three judge's cards before securing the victory with a devastating fourth round TKO when an upper-cut followed by a series of hooks landed flush on the jawline of the Xtreme Couture representative. The official end came at 3:54 of the fourth round, as Frankie "The Answer" Edgar retains his UFC 155lbs title.
“I hit him with a right hand. I saw he was rocked, and I just went in for the kill, man,” said Edgar. “It ain’t easy fighting somebody three times. Gray brought the best out in me, so I’ve got to thank him and his team.”
In the co-main event, Jose Aldo Jr. swept all judges cards [49-46] as the defending champion was simply the more dynamic striker over five rounds of action, while demonstrating the ability to capture dominate positions throughout the contest - although Florian showed remarkable ability to regain defensive postures. The win makes it thirteen consecutive for the Nova Uniao stand-out as he looks ahead to Team Alpha Male's Chad Mendes in 2012.
Official results from UFC 136 are found below:
1 Mike Massenzio def. Steve Cantwell via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
2 Aaron Simpson def. Eric Schafer via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
3 Darren Elkins def. Tiequan Zhang via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
4 Stipe Miocic def. Joey Beltran via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
5 Anthony Pettis def. Jeremy Stephens via Decision (Split) rd3 5:00
6 Demian Maia def. Jorge Santiago via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
7 Joe Lauzon def. Melvin Guillard via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) rd1 0:47
8 Nam Phan def. Leonard Garcia via Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
9 Chael Sonnen def. Brian Stann via Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) rd2 3:51
10 Jose Aldo def. Kenny Florian via Decision (Unanimous) rd5 5:00
11 Frankie Edgar def. Gray Maynard via KO (Punches) rd4 3:54
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