5 fights flying under the radar at UFC 211: Miocic vs Dos Santos 2

With championship fights in the main and co-main event and a welterweight No. 1 contender’s bout proceeding them, it’s hard to not to forget that UFC 211 is home to one of the best featherweight matchups of the year.

Second-ranked Frankie Edgar looks to inch closer to another shot at the 145-pound title when he battles featherweight phenom Yair Rodriguez on the UFC 211 main card. Edgar has been the model of consistency during his more than a decade-long UFC career, having lost to just three fighters total along the way.

Rodriguez is coming off a brutal win over BJ Penn and it would be very difficult not to grant him a title shot if he can get past Edgar. However, he’ll need every bit of his dynamic striking to accomplish such a feat.

Edgar vs. Rodriguez isn’t the main event, but given the history of both these fighters, it could steal the show.

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