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UFC great Frankie Edgar KO'd at MSG in final fight
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Frankie Edgar, center, is helped up after getting knocked out during the first round of a bantamweight bout against Chris Gutierrez at the UFC 281 mixed martial arts event, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in New York. Gutierrez stopped Edgar in the first round. - photo by AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
NEW YORK (AP) — Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar lost the final bout of his MMA career when he was dropped by Chris Gutierrez at 2:01 of the first round of their fight at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. The 41-year-old Edgar took a knee to the head at UFC 281 for a brutal KO loss in his last time in the cage in a career that started in 2005. Gutierrez and Edgar had a long embrace after the spectacular finish in the 135-pound fight that quieted another packed crowd at MSG.