In a "Fight of the Night" winning contest, Maynard and the champion Frankie Edgar fought to a split draw on January 1, 2011 at "UFC 125", resulting in Edgar retaining his belt. Early reports were that the former WEC champion Anthony Pettis would receive the next title shot, but Dana White later announced that instead Edgar vs Maynard 3 would be the next lightweight title fight at "UFC 130". On May 9, it was announced that injuries to both forced the fight to be removed from the card. Many consider the second fight with Edgar as one of the greatest fights in UFC history.