UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar

UFC 156...
This was the first official pay-per-view for the UFC of 2013. Given the rocky year that the UFC went through in 2012 they set up a big pay-per-view to start off the year with. Interestingly, given the biggest fight of the night was a title shot but two of the other big fights also had title implications. So, a very important night in planning the months' coming events.

Joseph Benavidez and Ian McCall are both fresh off the tournament to crown the first Flyweight Champion in UFC history. If you've been following, you should know that Demetrious Johnson won that tournament and then successfully defended said title last month. So, both fighters were looking to use a victory in order to get a title shot at a man they had both fought in the past year. Both fighters are wrestlers with decent striking but the main difference lies in Benavidez's power, a factor which most people thought would have played a part in his title losing effort against Johnson. Now, given the 125...

no behind the scenes again
disc 1 main feature:
featherweight championship belt

Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar

Rashad Evans vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

Alistair Overeem vs. Antonio Silva

Jon Fitch vs. Demian Maia

Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian McCall

disc 2 preliminary card and bonus material:

Gleison Tibau vs. Evan Dunham

Tyron Woodley vs. Jay Hieron

Bobby Green vs. Jacob Volkmann

Isaac Vallie-Flagg vs. Yves Edwards

Chico Camus vs. Dustin Kimura

Francisco Rivera vs. Edwin Figueroa

bonus material:
countdown to ufc 156
weigh-ins

I was hoping for behind the scenes for this ufc event, because ufc 155 did't have it. but the fights were good anyways there was 1 out of 5 fights one was a finish (main card) and 4 out of 6 were finishes (preliminary card) so in total there were 5 out of 11 fights were finishes. I've seen worse. and the last three...

Good Card
The Overeem vs Bigfoot fight stole the show in one of the greatest ultimate comebacks of all time. The Lil Nog vs Evans was a close technical battle which I enjoyed. The Aldo vs Edgar fight wasn't as close as I would've liked to see. Overall, from top to bottom including the prelims this was a good card to watch.

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