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United States of America “The Answer” 2007-2022 · 99 rounds on file

Frankie Edgar

18-11-1 W-L-D in this database

Frankie Edgar, photograph by Jemaleddin Cole
Strike accuracy 1,801/4,451
Takedown accuracy 73/232
Sig. strikes / round 18.2
Control / round 1:04
Inside the distance 39% 7 of 18 wins
Height
5′6″167.6 cm
Reach
68″172.7 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4516 OCT 1981
Listed weight
135 lb61.2 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 30 fights - 7.0 takedown attempts and 21% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 13 8-4-1 vs 1601 avg
Positional Controller 8 4-3-1
Submission Grappler 5 4-1-0
Hybrid 9 8-1-0 vs 1593 avg
Well-Rounded 9 8-1-0
Striking 8 2-6-0 vs 1615 avg
Distance Striker 8 2-6-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 13 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

03 FEB 2007 - beat Tyson Griffin · Decision (Unanimous) 07 JUL 2007 - beat Mark Bocek · Technical Knockout 17 NOV 2007 - beat Spencer Fisher · Decision (Unanimous) 02 APR 2008 - lost to Gray Maynard · Decision (Unanimous) 19 JUL 2008 - beat Hermes Franca · Decision (Unanimous) 23 MAY 2009 - beat Sean Sherk · Decision (Unanimous) 05 DEC 2009 - beat Matt Veach · Submission 10 APR 2010 - beat BJ Penn · Decision (Unanimous) 28 AUG 2010 - beat BJ Penn · Decision (Unanimous) 01 JAN 2011 - drew with Gray Maynard · Decision (Split) 08 OCT 2011 - beat Gray Maynard · Technical Knockout 25 FEB 2012 - lost to Benson Henderson · Decision (Unanimous) 11 AUG 2012 - lost to Benson Henderson · Decision (Split) 02 FEB 2013 - lost to Jose Aldo · Decision (Unanimous) 06 JUL 2013 - beat Charles Oliveira · Decision (Unanimous) 06 JUL 2014 - beat BJ Penn · Technical Knockout 22 NOV 2014 - beat Cub Swanson · Submission 16 MAY 2015 - beat Urijah Faber · Decision (Unanimous) 11 DEC 2015 - beat Chad Mendes · Technical Knockout 09 JUL 2016 - lost to Jose Aldo · Decision (Unanimous) 12 NOV 2016 - beat Jeremy Stephens · Decision (Unanimous) 13 MAY 2017 - beat Yair Rodriguez · Technical Knockout 03 MAR 2018 - lost to Brian Ortega · Technical Knockout 21 APR 2018 - beat Cub Swanson · Decision (Unanimous) 27 JUL 2019 - lost to Max Holloway · Decision (Unanimous) 21 DEC 2019 - lost to Chan Sung Jung · Technical Knockout 22 AUG 2020 - beat Pedro Munhoz · Decision (Split) 06 FEB 2021 - lost to Cory Sandhagen · Technical Knockout 06 NOV 2021 - lost to Marlon Vera · Technical Knockout 12 NOV 2022 - lost to Chris Gutierrez · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 99 rounds across 30 of 30 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 18.2
Sig. strikes absorbed 13.6
Takedowns landed 0.7
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 1:04 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 40% 1,801/4,451
Takedowns 31% 73/232
Opponents’ accuracy 34% 1,346/3,951

Where the strikes land

Head 66% 1,195
Body 19% 344
Leg 15% 262

And from where

At distance 70% 1,263
In the clinch 7% 129
On the ground 23% 409

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 5 won Technical Knockout · 5-5
Submission 2 won Submission · 2-0
Decision 11 won Decision (Unanimous) · 10-5 Decision (Split) · 1-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
12 NOV 2022 Chris Gutierrez Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:01 2 10 UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira
06 NOV 2021 Marlon Vera Lost Technical Knockout R3 3:50 94 88 UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2
06 FEB 2021 Cory Sandhagen Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:28 2 2 UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov
22 AUG 2020 Pedro Munhoz Won Decision (Split) R5 5:00 135 166 UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs. Edgar
21 DEC 2019 Chan Sung Jung Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:18 9 46 UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie
27 JUL 2019 Max Holloway Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 96 129 UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar
21 APR 2018 Cub Swanson Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 58 48 UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee
03 MAR 2018 Brian Ortega Lost Technical Knockout R1 4:44 27 25 UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya
13 MAY 2017 Yair Rodriguez Won Technical Knockout R2 5:00 72 16 UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos
12 NOV 2016 Jeremy Stephens Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 40 33 UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor
09 JUL 2016 Jose Aldo Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 79 80 UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes
11 DEC 2015 Chad Mendes Won Technical Knockout R1 2:28 13 5 The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale
16 MAY 2015 Urijah Faber Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 83 48 UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs Faber
22 NOV 2014 Cub Swanson Won Submission R5 4:56 93 31 UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs Swanson
06 JUL 2014 BJ Penn Won Technical Knockout R3 4:16 90 13 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale
06 JUL 2013 Charles Oliveira Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 81 38 UFC 162: Silva vs Weidman
02 FEB 2013 Jose Aldo Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 60 76 UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar
11 AUG 2012 Benson Henderson Lost Decision (Split) R5 5:00 66 64 UFC 150: Henderson vs Edgar II
25 FEB 2012 Benson Henderson Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 68 87 UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson
08 OCT 2011 Gray Maynard Won Technical Knockout R4 3:54 61 42 UFC 136: Edgar vs Maynard 3
01 JAN 2011 Gray Maynard No decision Decision (Split) R5 5:00 95 71 UFC 125: Resolution
28 AUG 2010 BJ Penn Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 94 36 UFC 118: Edgar vs Penn 2
10 APR 2010 BJ Penn Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 61 71 UFC 112: Invincible
05 DEC 2009 Matt Veach Won Submission R2 2:20 25 7 The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale
23 MAY 2009 Sean Sherk Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 74 27 UFC 98: Evans vs Machida
19 JUL 2008 Hermes Franca Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 69 18 UFC: Silva vs Irvin
02 APR 2008 Gray Maynard Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 26 19 UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon
17 NOV 2007 Spencer Fisher Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 42 6 UFC 78: Validation
07 JUL 2007 Mark Bocek Won Technical Knockout R1 4:55 31 6 UFC 73: Stacked
03 FEB 2007 Tyson Griffin Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 55 38 UFC 67: All or Nothing

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