UFC President Dana White is marketing a semi-super bout by providing previous lightweight champ Frankie Edgar a title opportunity in his featherweight first appearance towards current 145-pound superior Jose Aldo in the UFC 156 main event on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Despite the fact that Edgar lost his championship belt to Benson Henderson, as well as a rematch, that doesn't take away from the conspiracy of seeing him contend in opposition to martial artists his own size for the very first time. Edgar defeat Gray Maynard, a monster between lightweights, and twice managed B.J. Penn for 5 rounds -- the same Penn who organised UFC gold at 155 and 170 pounds. So, yes, getting an overachieving, small lightweight to a featherweight division where the present champ has yet to be really confronted makes for an fascinating game. Plus, the prospective for Edgar to be a part of the short and famous list of UFC mma fighters to hold belts in two divisions increases the stakes.
