And one notorious member of the MMA media was adamant that an Edgar win was an impossibility. Going round-by-round, Edgar had more head strikes in rounds one (23-15), two (19-16), and five (27-25). #UFCVegas7 pic.twitter.com/LR8V9aYTts, El nivel de esta pelea!!! Here’s the rub: It looks like leg kicks took a backseat to head strikes. Edgar has found a home for his lead right hand and both men are bleeding freely. While the most dramatic ones were landed in the first round, Munhoz stuck with the game plan and his low strikes had a lot to do with why it became easier for him to get a bead on Edgar in the later rounds. Edgar is actually landing a decent number of shots this. Munhoz comes across the cage to start the round and Edgar hits a takedown. Munhoz went right back at Edgar and continued to land good shots, but even on the backfoot it looked like Edgar is the one controlling where the fight went. A few land but Frankie manages to evade most. MMAFighting scores the round 10-9 Edgar, 19-19 overall. Munhoz repeatedly found a home for his jab and a straight right, and he might have been one good hook away from putting Edgar down. If only he’d been able to cleanly land one of those bombs he was throwing out, it would have gone a long way to strengthening his case. • Saturday, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates but they are not as clean as the one’s Pedro is landing. ET on ESPN and ESPN PPV. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Round 5: Win lose or draw, Edgar looks excellent at bantamweight. Pedro certainly is the more powerful fighter but he’s still throwing in ones and twos. Get Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez full fight video highlights for the main event Saturday night. Of the 23 media members scores tallied by MMA Decisions, 19 scored the fight for Munhoz and four for Edgar. Perhaps his penchant for taking two to land one got the best of him, but I thought he did a good job of slipping and deflecting for the most part. Catch more video highlights below. This has been at times exhilarating and infuriating depending on your rooting (and likely betting) interests, and his fight with Munhoz certainly left room for interpretation. Fans saw this fight much more evenly, with 48-47 Edgar being the most popular score on MMA Decisions at 37.3 percent. August 22, 2020 By sportekz. Overall, Munhoz had more support, though it wasn’t overwhelming as 49-46 Munhoz and 48-47 Munhoz came in at a combined 52.7 percent. Good right hand from Edgar. Not sure I can agree with judges on this main dec. had @PedroMunhozmma ahead.#UFCVegas7. Of course, the opposite was also true. Munhoz is doing a very good job of cutting he cage off on Frankie. UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal Frankie eats a shot and now shoots a real takedown, gets the legs but Munhoz defends. Munhoz lands a pair and Edgar responds. Munhoz and his team actually made it a point to mention this discrepancy at Saturday’s post-fight press conference. That has temporarily stymied Edgar who is now resorting to blitzing charges. Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Jetpack man may be a mystery, but these people also took flight in unconventional ways, Restaurants and bars owned by celebrities. The UFC will kick off its four "Fight Island" events with UFC 251, which is scheduled to feature three championship bouts. Doesn’t last long though as the two men stand up and we’re back to Pedro pressuring and Edgar throwing combinations and moving. Munhoz. It was obvious by this point that this would be an exceedingly difficult fight to score as Edgar was clearly connecting, but Munhoz might have landed the more damaging punches. Watch Pedro Munhoz vs. Frankie Edgar full fight video highlights from UFC on ESPN 15’s main event. Edgar is now really starting to ramp up his volume and given the pace of this bout, it’s honestly shocking that neither man looks tired. That said, Edgar’s combinations were blazingly fast and scoring them from cageside without the benefit of replay, and with a less than ideal angle at times, can’t have been easy. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. Live, I had this one for Munhoz though like most people watching I also knew it was going to be a toss-up when the scores were read.
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