Issue 083

December 2011

Frankie Edgar and his Houston audience revel in a shocking fourth-round knockout comeback over Gray Maynard, the challenger to Edgar’s UFC lightweight crown. Once again the New Jersey boy had to fight through a torrid first round at UFC 136 that saw him glassy-eyed and rubber-legged on too many occasions to count – a surreal echo of the pair’s UFC 125 January battle. And, just as before, Edgar righted his ship to take the bout back to Maynard before finishing his opponent to win out their three-fight series.

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