According to UFC.com, Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard have both suffered “serious injuries” in training camp that will force the third fight between the two to be postponed.In place of Edgar-Maynard as the main event, the original co-main event, Rampage…
According to UFC.com, Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard have both suffered “serious injuries” in training camp that will force the third fight between the two to be postponed.
In place of Edgar-Maynard as the main event, the original co-main event, Rampage Jackson vs. Matt Hamill, will step up to fill the slot.
Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story will move up onto the PPV to start off the main event of the card.
Spike TV will then have Tim Boetsch against Kendall Grove and Miguel Angel Torres against Demetrious Johnson.
Edgar and Maynard have fought two times previously. The first time was at UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon, which Maynard took via unanimous decision.
The second fight took place earlier this year at UFC 125 for the lightweight title and ended in a split draw.
More on the story as it develops.
UPDATE: Edgar suffered broken ribs, Maynard suffered a knee injury.
HeavyMMA is reporting that both Lightweight Champion, Frankie Edgar and title-shot contender, Gray Maynard have pulled out of their UFC 130 rubber match scheduled for this May 28th in Las Vegas due to injuries. Edgar is said to have broken ribs. Mayna…
HeavyMMA is reporting that both Lightweight Champion, Frankie Edgar and title-shot contender, Gray Maynard have pulled out of their UFC 130 rubber match scheduled for this May 28th in Las Vegas due to injuries. Edgar is said to have broken ribs. Maynard apparently has suffered a knee injury.
Bleacher Report’s Cody Slovensky:Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has had one of the greatest careers in MMA history.He burst on to the Pride scene and took it by storm, starting his career with an impressive 19-3 record. Rampage is best known for his “pow…
Bleacher Report’s Cody Slovensky:
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has had one of the greatest careers in MMA history.
He burst on to the Pride scene and took it by storm, starting his career with an impressive 19-3 record. Rampage is best known for his “powerbomb” slam against Ricardo Arona at Pride Critical Countdown 2004.
Rampage defeated Chuck Liddell at UFC 71 for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. He has posted a 6-2 record inside the UFC.
However, to many observers, Jackson hasn’t been “Rampage” since defeating The Iceman.
In the past couple of years, Rampage has been a very marketable person. His personality is very likable and this has led to endorsement and movie deals.
As his showbiz career was taking off, Rampage faced Rashad Evans and put on arguably the worst performance of his career in a decision loss.
Weeks after that, it was announced that he would face Lyoto Machida at UFC 123. Leading up to that fight, Rampage stated that he was going to be the old Rampage. When it came time for the fight, he walked out to the Pride promotion’s old theme song, and you could see the hunger in his eyes. For the first two rounds, Rampage controlled the pace and out-struck Machida, as well as scoring a couple of takedowns. In the end, Rampage received the split-decision win.
Following UFC 125, things don’t seem to sit right with lightweight contender Gray Maynard. Maynard went back and forth with UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar for five rounds, only for the bout to be declared a draw. The final decision didn’t go ov…
Following UFC 125, things don’t seem to sit right with lightweight contender Gray Maynard.
Maynard went back and forth with UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar for five rounds, only for the bout to be declared a draw. The final decision didn’t go over too well with fans or UFC president Dana White, which is why both competitors will headline UFC 130.
Originally, former WEC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis was slated to face the winner, but after a controversial decision, an immediate rematch was inevitable.
“I beat him two years ago and then it was a draw at UFC 125—this dude has never beaten me. How do I not get to fight him again?” Maynard said in an interview on MMA.Mirror.co.uk.
“I was hurt. Then I got a call from Dana and he was cool as hell. He was like ‘Hey, the fight’s yours.’ I was like ‘Man! Thank you.’”
Maynard went into his title bout against Edgar riding a seven-fight winning streak, holding victories over Nate Diaz, Roger Huerta and Kenny Florian. Maynard already holds a victory over Edgar, and since thier highly contested bout left a bitter taste in his mouth, Maynard is focused on defeating his opponent.
“He’s my whole life now. I wake up and he’s on my mind. I go to sleep and he’s on my mind. I just want to beat him.”
UFC 130 is scheduled for May 28, live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
April 2, 2008, UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon, we saw Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard fight. In that fight Gray dominated Frankie with his wrestling and took a unanimous decision victory.After that bout Frankie won three in a row including two of tho…
April 2, 2008, UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon, we saw Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard fight. In that fight Gray dominated Frankie with his wrestling and took a unanimous decision victory.
After that bout Frankie won three in a row including two of those being fight of the night performances and earned a shot to face BJ Penn at UFC 112. Frankie won a very debatable decision and became the new UFC Lightweight Champion and four months later defended it in a rematch with BJ and won a 50-45 unanimous decision.
That win lined up the rematch with Gray Maynard and it took place at UFC 125.
Gray on the other hand after the Edgar fight had to win five fights in a row and earned the number one contender ship by defeating Kenny Florian at UFC 118. Gray is a grinder and all of his bouts after the first Edgar fight went to decision.
He was inconsistent throughout this period, he never lost but had a couple of close decisions. During the streak he kept saying he deserved his title shot and finally after his dominating performance against Florian he was granted his wish, and on New Years Day 2011 it all took place.
The lead up to the second fight was interesting, not much smack talk only respect and confidence on both ends. You could truly see the hunger in the two fighters eyes in interviews and pre-fight press conferences. Many, and I mean about 90 percent of people expected this to be a wrestling match and not be very interesting. Oh, how many were surprised.
Round 1 was interesting. Maynard caught Frankie with a solid shot and that led to one of the most lopsided rounds in UFC history that was not stopped and it is good that it wasn’t stopped because what happened after that 10-8 arguably 10-7 round was just amazing.
Round 2 Frankie came out like an animal and looked like nothing had happened in the previous five minutes and showed his heart and dedication. Frankie landed a big take down and land three times the amount of strikes that Maynard did in that round.
Round 3 was a very close round with Edgar landing just a few more strikes than Maynard, but the two take downs that Maynard landed stole the round for him. At this point Frankie seemed fine and ready to go, but you could clearly tell that Maynard was getting very tired and had punched himself out in the first round.
Round 4 was all Edgar while Round 5 was very close. In the fifth Edgar only landed a couple more shots than Maynard, but Maynard failed on seven take down attempts. The final round was very close but Frankie clearly won that round.
After all was said and done many were curious on how the fight would be scored, but besides that everyone had witnessed one of the greatest title fights in UFC history. The fighters paced around, both thought that they had won this fight and both had a legit claim.
Judge Marcos Rosales scored the bout 48-46 for Edgar. Judge Glenn Trowbridge scored the bout 48-46 for Maynard. Then finally judge Patricia Morse-Jarman scored the bout 47-47, and the bout was declared a draw. You could see the disappointment on both fighters faces as Bruce Buffer made the call.
Post fight, Dana White showed praise for both fighters. The WEC merger had recently taken affect and WEC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis was supposed to face the winner, but with the amazing fight and the draw Dana went against the call and announced that we would see a third fight between Edgar and Maynard.
What to expect in this fight? Many things. Both men really want to be the sole owner of this belt. They will do whatever it takes to get the belt as well. Who will go for the early take downs, who will have the superior striking?
We all know what to expect, but how much will each truly change things up in this fight? Edgar must utilize his speed and counter punching. Maynard is more of a power puncher, but one solid shot can take you out of your element.
The wrestling in the fight will be very interesting. Edgar looked tons better that Maynard in the take down department in the last fight, due to his speed and if he fights to his strength he could and should beat Maynard.
These two warriors were made for each other in the octagon, and this fight will not be a test of skill. This fight will be a test of heart and desire. Odds are this fight will go to decision, but should be very entertaining as well.
What happens to the loser of the bout? Would Frankie drop to 145-lbs and try and challenge Jose Aldo? Would Gray add weight and test Welterweight waters? Gray has been known to walk at over 180-lbs when not fighting, so there are weird scenarios like that.
Odds are if the fight isn’t close or controversial the loser will fight a top 4-5 guy and with one or two wins will be back in the title picture, but this is MMA anything is possible.
Be sure to check out UFC 130 on May 28, 2011 live on pay per view.
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According to UFC.com, Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard have both suffered “serious injuries” in training camp that will force the third fight between the two to be postponed.
