Gray via decision, unfortunately. Frankie's size help against BJ (speed) but is maybe a bit too undersized to deal with Maynard. Hopefully Gray will want to trade a bit like he did against Nate, but I doubt it with the belt on the line. He'll stick to his strengths. Hope Im wrong (I normally am, so there's hope)
Gray is bigger, stronger, more powerful and this allows him to enforce his wrestling/boxing approach better than Frankie. Maynard has improved alot and people haven't talked about it. He's now got alot more training and experience under his belt too. However Frankie is a sponge and adopts a much more versatile approach. I think the Gray and BJ fights have taught Frankie that he can't just engage or he might lose out in trade offs, be it striking or grappling. I expect him to fight Gray much smarter and win a 5 round decision or maybe sub him. If he is to engage, he'll have to have a **** load of moves to overcome a naturally bigger, stronger wrestler. When they first fought, they had a similar approach and in that style Gray is better because he is bigger and stronger. I think Edgar has evolved and has more options allowing him to fight smarter fights. This should make the difference but Gray has evolved and improved also and in a 50-50 high level fight it should come down to execution so a Gray win, even a relatively dominant one is not out of the picture.
Maynard by decision then baby jay penn comes back down to 155 and choke maynard out to regained the title
Gray by lay and pray agian. Hopefully if this happens Pettis pulls out the Ninja kick and it throws Gray right through the cage.
I'm going to be fun and support my boy Edgar. I think he's grown enough as a fighter to defeat Maynard in what will be a close fight.
I really hope Edgar can pull it off. He should be able to considering he coped with BJ not once, but twice, but Maynard is one of the worst lay n' prayers around. I pray Edgar can stuff him.
