The 10 Greatest Comebacks In UFC History

#4 Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard, UFC 136

In their second meeting at UFC 125, Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard went to war over the Lightweight title, and if that fight had gone to Edgar rather than it being a draw, it might’ve ended up on this list in its own right as Edgar came back from a horrendous beating in the first round to take enough points on the scorecards to prevent Maynard from winning his title.

A rematch was scheduled for UFC 136 a few months later and early on, things looked just as bad for Edgar as they had in the prior fight. Maynard dropped him with a huge uppercut in the first round and then went to town, landing more punches and a flying knee, dropping Edgar numerous times and busting his nose up. How Edgar survived the round was a mystery, but survive he did, and somehow he began to come back in the second and third rounds.

By the fourth, it was clear that Maynard had probably emptied his tank in pursuit of the finish in the first round. Edgar was bloodied and battered, but not beaten, and managed to land a huge uppercut of his own that hurt the challenger before dropping him with a pair of right hooks. Maynard was done and Edgar had retained his title in the most dramatic fashion possible – with a wild comeback straight out of a Rocky movie.