No he doesn't. He's got to fight someone else first. Aldo/Pettis is next.Edgar likely gets a rematch anyway.
Anothony Pettis meets Aldo for title shot in August
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...-pettis-challenge-champion-jose-aldo/1891943/
Sorry but that KO was pretty nasty.
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I especially like that he does the Hadoken pose afterwards.
Stats don't always tell the whole story B. I don't think you can rely solely on pure stats all the time.
It doesn't matter who Edgar faces next, I'm betting he gets knocked out. Just have a feeling. Edgar really needs to get out of this point fighting style he's developed. Yeah, it was awesome when he finished Maynard, but I'd really like to see him throw some power into his shots. The only shots he was landing on Aldo were those leg kicks. Regardless, featherweight is gonna be a much tougher division for Edgar, in my opinion. He really isn't going to have a speed advantage at this weight class. And I hope he doesn't drop down again. He needs to stick to a division.
B, once again if you go by the stats, BJ Penn won the first fight with Edgar and Edgar would never have gotten a rematch likely and never have been champ at all.
People ***** that Edgar won the last fight with Henderson, but a lot of people forget how crappy that decision was with Penn. I think Penn won that fight. Ultimately I'm OK with it because they had a rematch and Edgar decisively won, but I think Penn won that fight and IMHO the stats support that.
Fans can't have it both ways.
Are you seriously trying to make the argument that because Edgar has had a similarly close fight fall in his favour that he arguably should have lost, then that makes losing one himself because it's simply karma..?
The correct decision should be made every single time. I'm not gonna sit here & say Edgar was robbed vs Aldo, because he wasn't. It was a very close fight, my issue is with the 2 judges that scored it a 4 round victory to 1 in favour of Aldo. It just suggests to me that the judges all aren't on the same page as to what constitutes point scoring & some are awarding points for things that they shouldn't.
I'm saying if you make all your judgements simply by the stats and you truly believe Edgar beat Aldo, then you should also believe he lost to BJ Penn and he shouldn't even even won the title at all.
Well obviously a lot of fans have differing views on the matter as well. So IMHO that tells me there isn't a clear consensus here either. I've talked to people that thought Aldo had it 4-1 and also 3-2. And other people believe Edgar won especially if you go clearly by the stats.
"I honestly don't think Rousey has what it takes to beat me. The only person that can defeat me is myself. Everybody asks, ‘Yeah, how do you not get arm barred?' You just don't get arm barred. You haven't seen anyone be able to counter is yet so you know if she's going to put those hands on you you're flipped over, you're on your back and that's the end of it. Practice makes perfect, we're just not getting arm barred, we're doing arm-bar defense, attacks, counters. It's just a matter of having enough practice. I'd definitely prefer to take this to the ground, show her that she can't armbar me. I do think that everybody's afraid of Rousey, that's definitely one of those things that's kind of hindered people. I'm not scared. That first round is the most important part of the fight, if I can get through that it will definitely be a defeat in her eyes. This isn't going to be as easy for her as it was in the past, and that's probably the biggest hurdle for her...A lot of people say I'm just an easy person to armbar, and I'm OK with that, I'm just looking forward to proving everybody wrong."
The second women's UFC fight has finally been booked, and it will take place on April 13 at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale, when former Strikeforce bantamweight champion Miesha Tate faces Cat Zingano.
The booking was confirmed by the UFC on Monday afternoon.