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Monday, April 12, 2010 – Daily News – 3B Edgar stuns Penn, claims UFC lightweight title ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In the UFC’s first show in the Middle East and its first outdoors, heavy underdog Frankie Edgar won a unanimous decision over BJ Penn on Saturday night to claim the lightweight title at UFC 112. Anderson Silva also successfully defended his mid- dleweight title with a unanimous decision over fellow Brazilian Demian Maia, and Matt Hughes stopped veteran Renzo Gracie with 20 seconds left in the third round. The bouts were held in a temporary arena next to a theme park outside the city center of the United Arab Emirates’ capital, with the humidity and heat making takedowns par- ticularly difficult. Penn (15-6-1) had been the UFC’s lightweight champion since January 2008, but Edgar (12-1) picked him apart with energy and movement. Although Penn and Edgar spent nearly the entire fight on their feet trading strikes, the 8-1 underdog from Toms River, N.J., even took down Penn twice, the first time Penn had been taken down in six years at lightweight. Edgar won all five rounds on one judge’s scorecard and four rounds on another. He collapsed to his knees when the decision was announced. ‘‘I just hope I can be half the champion he was,’’ said Edgar, who has been an assistant coach for the Rutgers wrestling team. Silva (26-4) has been the middleweight champion since October 2006. He put on a strange performance in the main event, teasing and taunting his overmatched opponent early on. Silva even stood with his hands on his hips during the second round before bloodying Maia’s face in the third. But the champion slowed in the late rounds, twice forc- ing the referee to order him to fight. Maia finished with his nose badly injured and his left eye swollen shut, but kept attacking while the crowd chanted his name. ‘‘I apologize to everybody,’’ Silva said through a transla- tor. ‘‘I don’t know what got into me tonight. I wasn’t as hum- ble as I should have been. I can guarantee you next time it won’t happen.’’ After cleaning out the middleweight division, Silva’s next fight could be against welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, who attended the show. Support our classrooms, keep kids reading. DONATE YOUR VACATION newspaper dollars to the Newspaper In Education Program HELP OUR CHILDREN For more details call Circulation Department (530) 527-2151 D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 PHONE: (530) 527-2151 FAX: (530) 527-5774 545 Diamond Avenue • P.O. Box 220 • Red Bluff, CA 96080 PAID ADVERTISEMENT I For information on participation in Kids & Families call (530) 527-2151 P.A.W.S. 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