Aldo vs Edgar

Who won Aldo vs Edgar?

Jose Aldo beat Frankie Edgar by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main card of UFC 200, on Saturday 9th July 2016 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jose Aldo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Aldo vs Edgar stats

Jose Aldo stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Frankie Edgar made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Jose Aldo's 21st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011.

Jose Aldo's UFC record stood at 14-7-0, while Frankie Edgar's came in at 18-11-1.

The stats suggested Aldo had a large advantage in power over Edgar, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Edgar's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edgar had an advantage over Aldo, with a 20% submission rate over Aldo's 4%.

Jose Aldo was the younger man by 4 years, at 38 years old.

Aldo had a height advantage of 1 inch over Edgar. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Aldo's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Edgar's, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 11 months earlier than Edgar, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 108 to Edgar's 109.

Aldo vs Edgar form

Jose Aldo had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jonathan Martinez at UFC 301 on 4th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had lost to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Rob Font at UFC Fight Night on 4th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Pedro Munhoz at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

He was victorious against Marlon Vera at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Aldo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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