UFC 118 Results Edgar, Couture Win

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Frankie Edgar retained his title at the UFC 118 by beating BJ Penn in the August 28 battle in Boston, while Randy Couture lived up to expectations by mauling James Toney in another fight.

Edgar won the lightweight title by overpowering Penn in a one-sided battle. This was very unlike the close match-up that he had had in the UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi earlier this year. Edgar slammed Penn around the cage in a manner that made one wonder whether he was a first-timer.

UFC president Dana White was all praise for Edgar, as he said, “He absolutely dominated B.J. Penn everywhere in the Octagon tonight,” White also added that he could not believe his eyes when he saw Edgar take Penn down on the first two occasions. Edgar had a 12-1 MMA record and a 7-1 UFC record before the fight but has rarely got his due from the experts. It is said that this result may change a lot of that.

Penn hadn’t much to say after the loss but he accepted that Penn fought much better than him on the day. He said, “He’s the man. I have nothing bad to say.”

Edgar will play Gray Maynard in his next fight, which is a rematch of the only loss for him so far. However, much water has passed since that defeat and Edgar will be a different fighter altogether in the match – a fact that Maynard accepted. Maynard said, “Our fight was what, two and a half, three years ago. He has changed a great deal. He’s not the same fighter”

Toney, on the other hand, is a professional boxer and trying his hand at MMA, was one-dimensional in his approach and paid heavy price for it. He was taken down and mounted and the lack of clinch and ground phases meant that he had no answer to the much better Couture.