Fightmetric Says That Frankie Edgar Won the Fight vs Henderson

By DR JAYY - 08-12-2012, 09:32 AM - Boxden > BX SportsCenter


		Frankie Edgar went into UFC 150 looking to regain the UFC Lightweight Championship and ended up leaving empty-handed after a remarkably close fight with champion Benson Henderson. Many who saw the fight believed that Edgar was the winner and apparently that includes the folks over at MMA statistics website Fightmetric.com. According to their stats, Edgar landed 66 significant strikes to Henderson's 60 and 70 total strikes to Henderson's 65. Edgar was also given the edge in grappling, achieving two takedowns to Henderson's zero and going for two submissions to Henderson's one.Based on these figures, FM suggests that the fight should have been ruled a draw based on the ten-point must scoring system used by the UFC and based on their own scoring system, Edgar was the winner. This is odd news, considering that the after the fight, the figures that aired on the pay-per-view conveyed that Henderson was the one who landed more total strikes and this information was given right before the judges rendered their decision. The decision has been made and will stand as final, but as more and more information becomes available, it seems like the judges may have made the wrong call at UFC 150. Of course, it is not the first time and will not be the last the judges botch—or arguably botch—a decision. It's just a shame there isn't anything that can be done when it happens. After all, losing this fight means that Edgar will likely never again fight for the lightweight belt and may even change weight classes. Whereas, if Edgar had been awarded the win, he would have avenged every loss in his career, regained the belt, and an argument could have been made that he was the greatest lightweight in MMA history. Crazy how one decision can change the landscape of MMA.

FightMetric: Henderson vs. Edgar 2 Official UFC Statistics

08-12-2012, 09:35 AM

[pic] Who cares Edgar didn't deserve the rematch anyway

08-12-2012, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by Dee352

[pic] Who cares Edgar didn't deserve the rematch anyway

he won the first fight [pic]

Dana King made that call

08-12-2012, 09:39 AM

i felt edgar won. but at the same time looking at the fight i knew the judges were gonna choose henderson

08-12-2012, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by billieskeet

i felt edgar won. but at the same time looking at the fight i knew the judges were gonna choose henderson

naw Dana choose Henderson, you should have saw how awkward dana looked at the post fight conference

08-12-2012, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by DR JAYY

naw Dana choose Henderson, you should have saw how awkward dana looked at the post fight conference

how do you know dana chose who won?

08-12-2012, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by DR JAYY

he won the first fight [pic]

Dana King made that call

[pic] Ben kicked his[..] the first fight did u see Edgar's face after that [pic]

08-12-2012, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by billieskeet

how do you know dana chose who won?

He's trying to set up Aldo vs Edgar, he didnt edgar clogging up the LW division anymore

08-12-2012, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by DR JAYY

He's trying to set up Aldo vs Edgar, he didnt edgar clogging up the LW division anymore

I meant do you have proof or are you just making !! up lol

08-12-2012, 10:08 AM

Yeah I felt Edgar won as well.

08-12-2012, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by Dee352

[pic] Ben kicked his[..] the first fight did u see Edgar's face after that [pic]

that was off of one strike [pic]

Originally Posted by billieskeet

I meant do you have proof or are you just making !! up lol

!! is obvious [pic]

08-12-2012, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by DR JAYY

that was off of one strike [pic]

!! is obvious [pic]

[pic] this guy is an idiot

08-12-2012, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by DR JAYY

He's trying to set up Aldo vs Edgar, he didnt edgar clogging up the LW division anymore

Not happening unless Frankie moves down, I doubt that will happen... It shouldn't take a very long win streak to get back in the mix

Edgar vs Maynard IV on deck? [pic]

10:35 AM

the problem with summed stats is that the fight isn't judged in a summed fashion...

the way the stats are posted gives no context to if most of someone's strikes came in one round, or if the takedowns came in the same round as the larger strike number...

are these numbers available round-by-round? cuz that would be the only legitimate way to view numbers like this...

Originally Posted by DR JAYY

He's trying to set up Aldo vs Edgar, he didnt edgar clogging up the LW division anymore

Edgar isn't going to fight Aldo coming off os two losses...he will need to fight a top contender first...

08-12-2012, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by Dee352

[pic] this guy is an idiot

you always on my !!, the !! is wrong with you

you dont know !!

08-12-2012, 10:25 AM

those stats are completely different then the ones they showed after the fight

08-12-2012, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by Jersey732

those stats are completely different then the ones they showed after the fight

i noticed that also...I thought Fightmetric supplied stats for the live UFC fight stats, or do they use Compustrike?

08-12-2012, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by MysticKJ

the problem with summed stats is that the fight isn't judged in a summed fashion...

the way the stats are posted gives no context to if most of someone's strikes came in one round, or if the takedowns came in the same round and the larger strike number...

are these numbers available round-by-round? cuz that would be the only legitimate way to view numbers like this...

The link in the OP to FightMetric has a round by round breakdown... the numbers tell the same story of the fight as far as I remember, I thought Frankie took 2, 4 and 5...

08-12-2012, 10:41 AM

Dont trust any of these numbers, not in boxing and sure as hell not in MMA.

08-12-2012, 04:29 PM

its pretty easy, if goes to a decision...who took more damage?
edgar
thats how I see it.

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