UFC 136 will feature the long-awaited third bout between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard. Edgar and Maynard battled to a five-round draw on January 1, a decision that allowed Edgar to retain his UFC lightweight title and Maynard to remain unbeaten.
The main event from UFC 125 will go down as one of the best fights of 2011 and to think that Edgar and Maynard have the chance to go after it again in Houston, TX, should bring a smile to the face of even the most jaded, been there, seen every UFC pay-per-view since UFC 1 fan.
In the opening stanza at UFC 125 Maynard put the champion to the ground on more than one occasion and absolutely battered him for almost the entire five-minute round. In the second round Edgar let Maynard, the only fighter to ever defeat him, know that he would not go gently into the Vegas night as he came back, punctuating his comeback with a powerful slam takedown near the end of the round.
The last three rounds were fairly evenly matched and alas, when the scores were read, the result was the dreaded draw, something both fighters will surely look to avoid when they face each other at the Toyota Center.
A second UFC title fight will be the co-main event of the evening. Jose Aldo, a fighter that is widely recognized as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world will put his UFC featherweight title on the line against Kenny Florian. Florian, who has come up empty in two previous title defenses will be looking to see if the adage “the third time’s a charm,” will hold true for him.
Not only will fans get two title fights on October 8, but they will get to witness what may very well be a middleweight title fight eliminator, as top-ranked Chael Sonnen faces off against the surging Brian Stann.
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