Kinkle - 

ThatKickDidntHuroooohhhhhhhh - 

UGCTT_ Lay'n'PrayNINJA - 

@kinkle: Yes and you know this because......oh that's right you don't. You just love Frankie and assume he will handle a cut he hasn't made since college and be exactly the same fighter...

Kinkle is right, my friend.  Just look at the precedents:

Tyson Griffin dropping to FW and smashing Palaszewski

Faber going down to 135 and manhandling Cruz and Barao

Anthony Johnson (the frame of a 205er) imposing his massive strength advantage on Koscheck

This isn't even worth a response....

Because you don't like the reality than many who dropped weight classes haven't done well, and you would rather go with your assumptions that Edgar will translate well to 135?

Glovegate - 

Edgar being champ at 155 is roughly equivalent to GSP being champ at LHW or Anderson at HW.  The kid is definitely high up, p4p-wise.

Yeah no. Edgar at 155 was 155-163ish in weight and fit and lean.

That would be GSP at MW (being 190)

Anderson at LHW (being 200-205)

You got a little carried away there.

"If you choose to ignore the judges' decision and go with popular opinion, you have to acknowledge that many thought BJ won the first fight (thus Edgar should never have been champ), and that Maynard did enough to win the second fight. He lost to Henderson in the first fight too according to most."

First BJ fight was essentially a draw (I thought Edgar won). A rematch was necessary and Edgar dominated. Therefore Edgar is better than BJ. Second Maynard fight was essentially a draw (I and iirc most, including Dana, thought Edgar won). Rematch was necessary and Edgar won by KO -- Edgar is better than Maynard. Both Henderson fights were essentially a draw, Dana thought Edgar won the first, I think actually the majority think Edgar won the second. There is very little claim to say with confidence that Benson is better than Edgar, and aside from their two fights, Edgar has the bigger, better wins.

"I just think the best 155'er shouldn't need to fight a guy multiple times to get a definitive win."

Then we're in a bit of a quandary because Benson has no definitive wins over Edgar either. Who is the best 155er?

xsrg95 - 

Entreri - If he wins tonight, #1 P4P.

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orcus -

is fighting at 145 and STILL being outsized by his opponent.

Edgar is a true p4p great. If he wins tonight I think he has to be high in the discussion.

RileyPust - Definitely P4P best if he beats Aldo up.

Arguably the best 155er?

I WOULD argue that he lost his two last fights, if it weren't factually accurate.

nowaydo - Also, it's crazy that "arguably" the best 155er isn't in the UFC. Chandler.

UGCTT_ Lay'n'PrayNINJA - 
Because you don't like the reality than many who dropped weight classes haven't done well, and you would rather go with your assumptions that Edgar will translate well to 135?

D241 - 

 

	orcus -  Many, including me, think he won the second fight with Benson.

Your beloved fightmetric.com doesn't agree with you. 

You know about fightmetric.com right? You were trying to convince me that Fabricio Werdum BEAT Alistair Overeem in their Strikeforce bout b/c FIGHTMETRIC said so.

 

Seems like how orcus sees somefights and how fightmetric sees fights is how you say........INCONSISTENT

 

 

lol

 

FightMetric Scores Ben Henderson Vs. Frankie Edgar A Draw

 

Oh snaaaaaappp.  

You are forgetting one thing op.

Jose Aldo may be the best 155er if he competed in that division.

boulder40 - 

nowaydo - Also, it's crazy that "arguably" the best 155er isn't in the UFC. Chandler.

If he's so bad ass why is the UFC going after a guy he beat? Real question... I haven't heard of him til just now reading your post and looking him up... Didn't have mtv2 and started watching bellator on spike

Bro.

Chandler is a Beast and he is just getting started. 

Kinkle - 

UGCTT_ Lay'n'PrayNINJA - 
Because you don't like the reality than many who dropped weight classes haven't done well, and you would rather go with your assumptions that Edgar will translate well to 135?

 

You are basically arguing that weight cutting is a DISADVANTAGE, if what you are trying to argue is true than there would be NO WEIGHTCUTTING, because it is a disadvantage. All fighters would have an advantage if they fought one weightclass above.

If you can't see how fucking stupid that is, there really is nothing to say.

That's not actually what I am arguing at all. Thanks for wasting a post.

I am however arguing that Frankie Edgar has NEVER fought at 135, hasn't even fought at 145 yet, and hasn't cut weight to weigh in in the 130s since college. I am arguing that YOU are being ignorant to ASSUME that Edgar will "easily take them down and smash them throught he mat"....considering:

1. We don't know if he will be able to make the cut to 135 and be healthy doing it.

2. We don't know if he will still have the advantages he had at 155.

If you can't see how fucking stupid that is, there really is nothing to say.

Kinkle - You can argue that Edgar is the best at 155, but you'd definitely be wrong. Benson is OBVIOUSLY the best. I agree though, Edgar is the #1 P4P and will beat Aldo tonight to be undisputed #1 P4P.

Rambo John J -

boulder40 - 

nowaydo - Also, it's crazy that "arguably" the best 155er isn't in the UFC. Chandler.

If he's so bad ass why is the UFC going after a guy he beat? Real question... I haven't heard of him til just now reading your post and looking him up... Didn't have mtv2 and started watching bellator on spike

Bro.

Chandler is a Beast and he is just getting started. 

UGCTT_ Lay'n'PrayNINJA - 
That's not actually what I am arguing at all. Thanks for wasting a post.





I am however arguing that Frankie Edgar has NEVER fought at 135, hasn't even fought at 145 yet, and hasn't cut weight to weigh in in the 130s since college. I am arguing that YOU are being ignorant to ASSUME that Edgar will "easily take them down and smash them throught he mat"....considering:

1. We don't know if he will be able to make the cut to 135 and be healthy doing it.

2. We don't know if he will still have the advantages he had at 155.



If you can't see how fucking stupid that is, there really is nothing to say.

madvillain11 - 

Kinkle - You can argue that Edgar is the best at 155, but you'd definitely be wrong. Benson is OBVIOUSLY the best. I agree though, Edgar is the #1 P4P and will beat Aldo tonight to be undisputed #1 P4P.

can you show me the evidence that makes you so confident benson is OBVIOUSLY better then frankie?

Kinkle - You can argue that Edgar is the best at 155, but you'd definitely be wrong. Benson is OBVIOUSLY the best. I agree though, Edgar is the #1 P4P and will beat Aldo tonight to be undisputed #1 P4P.

"I WOULD argue that he lost his two last fights, if it weren't factually accurate."

Saying he lost those two fights is factually accurate. However that is not the same as saying Benson is better than he is.

"You know about fightmetric.com right? You were trying to convince me that Fabricio Werdum BEAT Alistair Overeem in their Strikeforce bout b/c FIGHTMETRIC said so."

No, you are mistaken, as you always are. In response to your saying no sane person could come up with a rational explanation for how Werdum could deserve the win over Alistair (which as I said I thought he did), I pointed you to Fightmetric, who had Werdum throwing and landing more strikes, including significant strikes, and having the lone sub attempt -- and winning both in the 10-point scoring system and in Fightmetric's own scoring system. The point being that there was clearly a good argument to be made for Werdum getting the win, contrary to your hysterical ranting. Nowhere did I try to claim that Werdum was a slamdunk for the win, or that Fightmetric is the overriding authority.

Another day, another fail from Dbag.

In any case, Fightmetric scoring Benson/Edgar II a draw just supports my case that Edgar is arguably the best 155er. Draw with Benson, domination of BJ, KO of Maynard...that seems like a strong argument for no one being above Edgar to me. Also, looking at the Fightmetric, they had the 10-point must as a draw but their own scoring system had Frankie as the winner.

Kinkle - 
Now you are changing your entire argument. You first argued that 135ers would give Frankie a tough fight because there would be no speed advantage, then argued that cutting weight is a disadvantage, now you are arguing because it is unknown how he will look after the cut. Who knows how he would cut to 135, I know he would do it very smartly though if he did attempt it, a guy that didn't cut to 155 and wrestled his whole life shouldn't have much problem getting to 135. I doubt we will ever see Frankie at 135 though, he'll stay at 145 and 155 IMO.

I also like how people are saying that Frankie will lose his advantages at 135, guess what, he gains a MASSIVE strength advantage at that weight, and is still as quick as anybody at that weight. Weightclasses exist for a reason, because an average 135 lb fighter would lose to a 145lb fighter, that 145 lber would lose to an average 155lber and so on. It is usually TOUGHER for a fighter to move UP in weight not down, does this really need to be explained?

I am not changing my whole argument.

None of it needs to be explained.

Everything is hypotheticals.

YOU are the only one proclaiming that Edgar will "Easily take them down and smash them through the mat". My point this whole time is that you have NO CLUE how well Frankie can compete at 135, and that to ASSUME that he will be able to maul anyone and everyone is very ignorant based on the data we have about fighters moving down weight classes.

It's okay that you're having such a hard time graping that. My point the whole time has been there are factors that change when a "fast" fighter at 155 tries to drop 20lbs. Speed advantages deminish, weight cutting could impact his seemingly insane cardio etc....