Edgar Believes The Featherweight Questions Disrespect His Past Opponents

[No More Sorrow]

With a 14-2-1 record overall, all while competing in the lightweight division, in that moment Edgar wasn’t mad that the questions about him dropping to featherweight kept coming in, but he just didn’t understand why.


“At the time I was just so upset I just lost my title and everything, I don’t think I was even thinking about what anybody was really asking,” Edgar said on MMAWeekly Radio.


“In hindsight, I guess you could say I don’t know if you’d call it disrespectful, people have got a job to do, and (dropping to 145) is something that Dana was kind of hinting to, so I think the media was just following suit a little bit.”


Over the past several years, Edgar has picked up wins over names like B.J. Penn twice, Gray Maynard, Sean Sherk, and Jim Miller, who most believe are still the best of the best in the lightweight division. Not to mention he just lost a very close decision to Benson Henderson, in a fight many scored him winning.


So when it came down to questions about his move to featherweight, Edgar didn’t take offense, but he actually felt like it was a slap in the face to some of his past opponents.


“I’ve been so dominant at this weight class, I beat some very good guys, and I don’t feel it’s disrespectful towards me, I feel it’s disrespectful towards them,” Edgar stated. “It is what it is.”


Will Edgar ever decide to move down to featherweight?


The possibility will always be there, but with his rematch with Benson Henderson looming overhead for later this year, Frankie Edgar is looking to be the best lightweight in the world and featherweight is in his rear view mirror for now.


Earning another chance to get his belt back, that’s all Edgar wanted, and if he had to endure some talk about dropping down to 145 pounds to get there, it was all worth it.


“I’m just super fortunate to have the team that I have and the management that I have,” Edgar said. “And the support from the fans and everyone else to really have my back and get me this shot.”

For the longevity of his career he should move down, he looks like he got hit in the face with a baseball bat every time he fights. Also He's proven himself at Lightweight, what else is there really for him to do?

My thoughts on what should be done.

-Jose Aldo stays at Featherweight
-After Benson beats Frankie again, Edgar moves down to Featherweight.
-After Dominick Cruz beats Urijah Faber, he moves up to Featherweight

If all of that happens it instantly makes that division one of the toughest in the UFC, and provides plenty of great fights.

 

[The Cork]

It's a great idea.......comes at the expense of the bantams, but I guess one solid division is better than two half-assed ones.

 

[Troy]

I still don't know why so many people think that his recent fight was close, Henderson convincingly beat him. When Henderson beats him in the rematch Edgar should then step down because then he will know that he won't be able to get the title back.

 

[No More Sorrow]

I think that's the plan, i mean if he loses again he'll fall to the bottom of the ladder unless he drops to 145 in which case Dana is prepared to offer him Jose Aldo in his first fight in that division.