The black belt in Bjj and former Ufc Lw champion Frankie Edgar entered this fight with a mma record of 20-4-1 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Conor McGregor). He suffered three consecutive defeats between 2012 and 2013, the last one against Jose Aldo in their first bout (=Aldo vs Edgar I) but after this fight he has collected five victories beating Urijah Faber (=Edgar vs Faber) and Chad Mendes in 2015 (=Edgar vs Mendes).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Fw champion Jose Aldo Junior, has an official record of 25-2-0 (64% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class but he fought just twice in the last 24 months beating Chad Mendes in 2014 (=Aldo vs Mendes 2) and losing to Conor McGregor in 2015 (4-stars-fight, Aldo vs McGregor). Edgar vs Aldo 2 is valid for the interim Ufc featherweight title; undercard of Miesha Tate vs Amanda Nunes – UFC 200. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes
Date: 2016-07-09
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: featherweight (145 lbs, 66 kg)
Title: interim UFC Featherweight Championship
UFC 200 fight card (main fights):
Miesha Tate vs Amanda Nunes
Brock Lesnar vs Mark Hunt
Daniel Cormier vs Anderson Silva
Frankie Edgar vs Jose Aldo 2
Cain Velasquez vs Travis Browne
Cat Zingano vs Julianna Pena
Johny Hendricks vs Kelvin Gastelum
TJ Dillashaw vs Raphael Assuncao 2
Sage Northcutt vs Enrique Marin
Gegard Mousasi vs Thiago Santos
Edgar’s previous fight: Frankie Edgar vs Chad Mendes
Aldo’s previous fight: Jose Aldo vs Conor McGregor
Edgar’s next fight: Frankie Edgar vs Jeremy Stephens
Aldo’s next fight: Jose Aldo vs Max Holloway
Video:
(Free embeddable highlights video hosted on Youtube)
Official video – Portuguese