FightMetric Scores for UFC 118: Penn vs. Edgar II

Need any more proof how dominant Frankie Edgar was against B.J. Penn at UFC 118? Ya, us neither, but FightMetric.com has released their score for Penn vs. Edgar II, and the results are pretty telling.

Leger: Frankie Edgar (FE), B.J. Penn (BP), Total Strikes (TS), Significant Strikes (SS), Takedowns/ Attempts (TD/ATT), Fight Metric Effectiveness (EFF), Ten-Point Must System (Score)

	FE TS	BP TS	FE SS	BP SS	FE TD/ATT	BP TD/ATT	FE EFF	BP EFF	SCORE
ROUND 1	9	20	8	8	2/3	0/0	41	52	10-9 BP
ROUND 2	18	8	18	6	1/3	0/0	56	39	10-9 FE
ROUND 3	31	14	30	12	0/3	0/0	121	31	10-9 FE
ROUND 4	32	8	16	6	0/0	1/1	80	47	10-9 FE
ROUND 5	52	6	22	4	0/0	1/2	86	33	10-9 FE
TOTAL	142	56	94	36	3/9	2/3	385	203	49-46 FE

What does this tell us? Well, besides from the first round (which FightMetric actually scored for Penn), Edgar owned a significant advantage in the striking department. This makes it even more obvious that Penn came in with the wrong game plan. If Penn had looked for takedowns in the opening rounds, he very well have reclaimed the championship belt. At very least, the fight would have been much closer than it ultimately was. Congrats again to Frankie Edgar, who put on a display for the ages last Saturday.