Koch out, Edgar in!

Boom!

Sig bet anyone? I got Aldo.

And I bet Aldo accepts the fight even though the challenger is coming off back to back losses.

Just saw it on facebook.

Aldo wins. Koch was outclassed. Wise choice to get hurt.

hot dawgy! i guess it'll be a better fight than the original. but then again, there goes another match up due to injury

Frankie get's beat down Faber style.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/8/31/3281568/mma-news-erik-koch-out-frankie-edgar-fights-jose-aldo-ufc-153-brazil

BIG news coming in from USA Today and MMA Junkie, Erik Koch is out of his UFC 153 Featherweight title fight with Jose Aldo, and while this seems like another case of the injury bug derailing another UFC PPV, the replacement fighter is none other than Frankie Edgar.

USA TODAY Sports has learned that an undisclosed injury has forced Erik Koch (13-1, 2-0) to withdraw from a planned UFC 153 title fight with current featherweight champion Jose Aldo (21-1, 3-0), and Edgar has agreed to step into the evening's main event.

"Obviously, we've had a rough couple of weeks here at the UFC, and then sure enough, I walk in to work today, and Erik Koch is hurt," White told USA TODAY Sports. "But Frankie Edgar, being the stud and the warrior that he is, steps up and accepts this fight."

Well you've got your superfight now, MMA fans. With all due respect to the recovering Koch, this is about as huge an upgrade as you can get when the original fight changes due to injury. There will be no warm-up fight for Edgar, he's going straight for Jose Aldo's title on October 13th and he's doing it in Aldo's backyard.

SBN coverage of UFC 153: Aldo vs. Edgar

UPDATE: Ariel Helwani has details on Koch's injury.

According to Erik Koch's manager @mmainc, he suffered a knee injury yesterday and is "devastated."
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) August 31, 2012

... No timetable yet for his return. Hoping for year's end.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) August 31, 2012

Sweet, Koch didn't deserve the fight anyways. Should be interesting.

The super fight I've wanted to see for the past year.

Farmer1906 wrote:

Sig bet anyone? I got Aldo.

And I bet Aldo accepts the fight even though the challenger is coming off back to back losses.

I will take frankie......I think alot of you guys are counting him out just a little bit too easily so I got the little guy with heart.

Is it still a super fight if Frankie has no belt? Did we call Forrest vs Spider a super fight?

Farmer1906 wrote:

Is it still a super fight if Frankie has no belt? Did we call Forrest vs Spider a super fight?

Forrest was never a top 5 p4p guy. Frankie got screwed in his title fight.

freakzilla wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Is it still a super fight if Frankie has no belt? Did we call Forrest vs Spider a super fight?

Forrest was never a top 5 p4p guy. Frankie got screwed in his title fight.

Yes he did. He got screwed in the title fight he didn't deserve to be in. Weird situation. But that is an interesting debate. Is this a "super fight"?

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Is it still a super fight if Frankie has no belt? Did we call Forrest vs Spider a super fight?

Forrest was never a top 5 p4p guy. Frankie got screwed in his title fight.

Yes he did. He got screwed in the title fight he didn't deserve to be in. Weird situation. But that is an interesting debate. Is this a "super fight"?

How did he not deserve it? people had him winning the first fight.

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Is it still a super fight if Frankie has no belt? Did we call Forrest vs Spider a super fight?

Forrest was never a top 5 p4p guy. Frankie got screwed in his title fight.

Yes he did. He got screwed in the title fight he didn't deserve to be in. Weird situation. But that is an interesting debate. Is this a "super fight"?

How did he not deserve it? people had him winning the first fight.

Crazy people. That first fight wasn't even close, it wasn't controversial.

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Is it still a super fight if Frankie has no belt? Did we call Forrest vs Spider a super fight?

Forrest was never a top 5 p4p guy. Frankie got screwed in his title fight.

Yes he did. He got screwed in the title fight he didn't deserve to be in. Weird situation. But that is an interesting debate. Is this a "super fight"?

How did he not deserve it? people had him winning the first fight.

Crazy people. That first fight wasn't even close, it wasn't controversial.

Yes it was. At best for Bendo I had it 48-47.

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Is it still a super fight if Frankie has no belt? Did we call Forrest vs Spider a super fight?

Forrest was never a top 5 p4p guy. Frankie got screwed in his title fight.

Yes he did. He got screwed in the title fight he didn't deserve to be in. Weird situation. But that is an interesting debate. Is this a "super fight"?

How did he not deserve it? people had him winning the first fight.

Crazy people. That first fight wasn't even close, it wasn't controversial.

Yes it was. At best for Bendo I had it 48-47.

There was a large majority that felt the fight wasn't that close. I thought Bendo clearly won. He won the 1st fight far more convincingly then Frankie won the 2nd.

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Is it still a super fight if Frankie has no belt? Did we call Forrest vs Spider a super fight?

Forrest was never a top 5 p4p guy. Frankie got screwed in his title fight.

Yes he did. He got screwed in the title fight he didn't deserve to be in. Weird situation. But that is an interesting debate. Is this a "super fight"?

How did he not deserve it? people had him winning the first fight.

Crazy people. That first fight wasn't even close, it wasn't controversial.

Yes it was. At best for Bendo I had it 48-47.

There was a large majority that felt the fight wasn't that close. I thought Bendo clearly won. He won the 1st fight far more convincingly then Frankie won the 2nd.

No way.

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Is it still a super fight if Frankie has no belt? Did we call Forrest vs Spider a super fight?

Forrest was never a top 5 p4p guy. Frankie got screwed in his title fight.

Yes he did. He got screwed in the title fight he didn't deserve to be in. Weird situation. But that is an interesting debate. Is this a "super fight"?

How did he not deserve it? people had him winning the first fight.

Crazy people. That first fight wasn't even close, it wasn't controversial.

Yes it was. At best for Bendo I had it 48-47.

There was a large majority that felt the fight wasn't that close. I thought Bendo clearly won. He won the 1st fight far more convincingly then Frankie won the 2nd.

No way.

I think the majority agrees with me here. Most people gave Bendo the 1st fight and Frankie the 2nd. I have a hard time seeing it any other way. But others obviously do.

freakzilla wrote:

https://ninjasplace.forumotion.net/t17209-how-did-you-score-edgar-vs-bendo?highlight=edgar

65%=majority. Thanks for helping my point.

freakzilla wrote:

The super fight I've wanted to see for the past year.

I hope this is the first of many super fights to come !

Sucks for Koch but great for us Aldo/Frankie is def a fight that needs to happen

MMAEYES wrote:

Sucks for Koch but great for us Aldo/Frankie is def a fight that needs to happen

Yeah sucks big for Koch. Seriously doubt his next fight is for the title.