It's main event time folks. Featherweight Kingpin Jose Aldo will attempt the 6th successful defense of his title against former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie "The Answer" Edgar. This is Frankie's first fight at 145. He's been beating the bigger fighters his whole career and tonight he'll once again be the smaller man, even at Featherweight. This is being dubbed as a "Super Fight" and on paper, it's nothing less. On what could go down as one of the strangest pay-per-views in recent UFC history, let's see what the fight for all of the 145 marbles brings us.
Frankie runs out to "Kick In The Door" by Notorious B.I.G. Aldo out to "Run This Town" by Jay-Z featuring Rihanna.
Round 1:
Goosepimples for this one. The camera pans to Royce Gracie just before we get things underway. Both men touches gloves. Frankie lands a leg kick right away. Aldo looks much bigger than Frankie, it has to be hard for him to cut to 145 for the...
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