wow, he is in out, hands feet, takedowns ground over and over. this fight mirrors a gsp fight minus being put down a few times. edgar looks really good, really really scary good
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Definitely reminds me of the GSP fight. I am shocked that Edgar is dominating Penn so badly. Penn really has lost his swagger, he looks scared these days.Comment -
penn cant handle guys that are in and out.... he feast on guys that stalk him.....
anyways i have no doubt that maynard will beat frankie....Comment -
his footwork is amazingComment -
Well they both share the same manager in Shari Spencer!Comment -
Both hold two wins of BJ. They are both faster and have better footwork.Comment -
both have tremendous footwork and work ethicComment -
work ethic.....Comment -
They have the same manager too (Shari Spencer).Comment -
All credit to Edgar but I think it's clear Penn is on the downslide at this point in his career.Comment -
penn needs to move camps if he wants to be the best again.Comment -
I noticed the similarity too, especially in how Edgar mixed up his standup and takedowns to keep Penn guessing.
Penn will not fight again, IMO. If he does it will be a rematch against Gomi, but I think he will retire.Comment -
Frankey doesn't have GSP's riddum tho!Comment -
edgar is faster and has more stamina than gsp.edgar has improved too much for the bully since they fought last time.this will be a 5 round fight so the bully will run out of steam.Comment -
I've had similar thoughts about this fight. The problem is, when Frankie's unreal cardio comes into play, will he already be down 3 (or even 4) rounds to none? He's not shown himself to be a big finisher. Hopefully he's improved enough to the point where he'll be able to stuff takedowns from Gray, and even put him on his back throughout the fight. I'd like to finally jump on this money train known as Frankie Edgar. Dude is a dog again for this fight. No respect.Comment -
I like Edgar in this fight as well, and look forward to the line climbing to +150 or higher.Comment -
Has anyone seen the episode of True Life where they follow frankie edgar around before his 1st fight with Gray Maynard?Comment -
Edgar has really improved his game. I don't know if Maynard will be able to take him down and hold him there. The stand up Edgar will dominate and he should be able to win later rounds. Using Edgar's strategy against BJ Penn it will be very hard for Maynard to get takedowns. He moves in and out with his striking, which is the complete opposite of what Florian was used to. Maynard made Florian chase him and Florian wasn't ready for that. This strategy would fall right into Edgar's game plan. In and out quickly. Maynard can just go for takedowns all night and may be able to win with them, but if Edgar keeps good movement it's going to become very difficult. Also if Maynard starts losing on the feet he could start fighting very predictable and Edgar can start getting takedowns. What we know for sure is that Edgar has better cardio, better stand up and a better ground game. Maynard only has better takedowns and this might not even be guaranteed with what we've seen from Edgar and Edgar's new fighting style.Comment -
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