Anderson Silva might not be fighting Georges St-Pierre or Jon Jones anytime soon, but MMA fans are still getting a superfight in the form of the UFC 156 main event between featherweight champion Jose Aldo and former lightweight titleholder Frankie Edgar.
When Edgar was 155-pound champion, and many believe he still should be after a controversial decision in a rematch with Benson Henderson, there was plenty of interest in Aldo’s potential move to lightweight and the fight with Edgar that would result from it.
On Saturday, that matchup will come to fruition at 145 pounds instead.
As the biggest fight of early-2013 approaches, let’s take a look at which fighter is favored to walk away from UFC 156 as featherweight champion and who has the edge in the remaining main card bouts.