Frankie Edgar

Frankie Edgar, the Orthodox-stance featherweight with a 23-11-1 professional record, built his career as a volume striker and well-rounded pressure fighter despite standing just 5'6". Across his tenure, Edgar averaged 3.77 strikes landed per minute with 40% striking accuracy while maintaining solid defense at 65%, absorbing 2.82 strikes per minute.

His grappling acumen showed through 2.29 takedowns per 15 minutes at 31% accuracy and 65% takedown defense, complemented by a submission average of 0.3 per 15 minutes that proved decisive in key moments. Recent performances illustrate Edgar's mixed fortunes in his later career: he secured a dominant unanimous decision over Jeremy Stephens in November 2016, submitted Urijah Faber over five rounds in May 2015, and earned a fifth-round submission victory against Cub Swanson in November 2014.

However, Father Time has caught up, evidenced by knockout losses to Marlon Vera in November 2021 and Chris Gutierrez in November 2022, the latter coming just two minutes into the first round. At 42 years old, Edgar's competitive window has largely closed, with his recent 6-2 record from eight fights masking the quality decline in opposition and his own diminishing explosiveness at featherweight.