UFC president Dana White confirms a 3rd title match between Frankie Edgar (13-1-1) and Gray "The Bully" Maynard (10-0-1) at UFC 130 this coming May 28, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas Nevada. After a contentious "draw" judges decision of their last fight last new year's day at UFC 125 , White finally put a date on a 3rd match to settle the real score. Maynard, still remains undefeated, is keyed up to spend 25 minutes of onslaught with Edgar for the third time and finally seal their classic rivalry for the Lightweight division. Frankie Edgar, a very promising fighter in 155 lbs division with only 1 lost (from Maynard) will definitely just not let The Bully take his title straight off. We all witnessed Edgar's remarkable resilience during their last fight being beaten up and slugged with 97(recorded) spot on punches from Maynard at the first round yet still managed to comeback in the succeeding rounds and square the game. Edgar came back with some wicked punches and take downs dominating the rest of the fight pushing the game to a draw. Now a 3rd match is set to close the deal and see who will own the Lightweight crown. Maynard however should pump himself up more for this fight so he wont fall short of power brawling for 25 minutes and never underestimate an aggressive championship fighter like Edgar.
Quinton "Rampage Jackson facing the Brazilian fighter Thiago Silva (as rumored) for the Light Heavyweight division is also confirmed at UFC 130 for the main card fight of the event. Silva after winning a fight against Brandon Vera at UFC 125 will surely come out strong bringing his deadly strikes as his weapon to put Rampage down. Rampage however, after getting a win over Lyoto Machida via split decision at UFC 123 last November won't make this fight easy for the Brazilian brawler.
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