Jose Aldo knew he’d be in for a long night when he faced Frankie Edgar. The former lightweight champion has made it a habit to stick around for the entire length of a fight, never slowing down.
In the beginning, it looked as if Aldo’s striking would be too much for Edgar, as he avoided the former lightweight’s strikes and answered back with some of his own.
As the minutes passed, it looked like Edgar’s pace began to take its toll on Aldo. But in the end, Aldo did enough to hold onto his UFC featherweight title belt.
Where did Aldo win the fight? When did Edgar nearly take the title away? How did the champion retain his belt?
All those answers and more are in this breakdown of Aldo’s performance against the challenger Edgar.