Edgar Moving to Featherweight, Agrees to Fight Jose Aldo at UFC 153 with Koch Injured

Quote :: The injury bug takes no prisoners.

UFC 153 took the hit on Thursday when Erik Koch fell out of his main event challenge of UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo due to an undisclosed injury.

While many events take a pretty big hit when a main eventer drops out – UFC 151 was recently cancelled due to just such a scenario – sometimes things work out for the better.

Koch, a worthy contender, carried little name value into the match-up with Aldo, but the UFC brass has already replaced him with former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. Edgar’s manager, Ali Abdel-Aziz of Dominance MMA, confirmed the news to MMAWeekly.com.

Edgar recently announced that he was dropping down to the 145-pound division, but expected that he would have to fight at least once or twice before getting a shot at the champ.

When the UFC comes calling with a title shot in hand, however, it makes for a difficult offer to pass up.

The fight offers Edgar more than the opportunity to jump right back into the championship mix after recently failing to regain the lightweight belt from Benson Henderson at UFC 150. It also offers him a spot in UFC history.

BJ Penn and UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture, thus far, are the only two fighters to ever capture belts in two different UFC weight classes. Edgar could become the third if he were to defeat Aldo.

Edgar and Aldo will square off in the UFC 153 main event on Oct. 13

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Well alright!!!
Now we're talkin!

Wasn't this the end game, honestly?
This is a great fight. If anybody can challenge Aldo at 145, it's Edgar.

This could be an instant classic.

Yeah, this could be an awesome fight. I can see Edgar outworking Aldo and dominating the later rounds. He will just have to survive the early storm, which I think he will do.

War Edgar!!!!!!!! I really like this match up!!!!!!

I'm excited for this. Edgar did really good at lightweight and he was way undersized there so I want ot see what he can offer at Featherweight. All that aside I'm rooting for Aldo.

well, if he wins this fight, in my book, he will hold two belts at the same time

That being said Aldo has some nasty leg kicks and Henderson was able to clip out Henderson's legs pretty easily. The more I think about this fight the more excited I'm get.

I say Aldo finishes Edgar inside two rounds. Either way, it's going to be a killer fight!

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