10 Things You Can Only Experience At A UFC Live Event
8. And How Small The Lower Ones Are
For every Corey Anderson, there's a Frankie Edgar. A man so unassuming that if you missed his cauliflower ear (a telltale sign that someone has been in a good number of brawls), you might mistake him for a paper pusher in an office somewhere.
Taking in the show live gives you an idea of scale that you simply lack watching the show on TV. Camera angles and close-up shots can easily fool you, but seeing it all with the naked eye gives you a new appreciation for size and scale among UFC weight classes.
The incredible thing about Frankie Edgar, who was victorious in UFC Atlantic City's co-main event against Cub Swanson, is that he previously fought at a higher weight! Swanson looked to be the much bigger man in comparison, despite the two weighing it at almost identical weights. Edgar, of course, is best known as a lightweight champion in the UFC, but has since dropped down a division to featherweight. While he hasn't been able to duplicate his success, it's not a size issue.
In fact, Frankie Edgar could still go down another division with ease — he doesn't really cut much in the way of weight at all.
This isn't a situation unique to Edgar, he's simply the most obvious examples among lower weight fighters.