Frankie Edgar Says He’s Done Getting Screwed By The UFC
Former UFC lightweight champion and top ranked featherweight Frankie Edgar is seriously p!ssed, and he’s had enough of being ‘screwed’ by the UFC. Trash talk from Frankie Edgar?? A lot of it too!
Frankie Edgar once again finds himself in a very tough spot in the UFC, only this time he has a strong five fight win streak behind him. Victories over Chad Mendes, BJ Penn, Urijah Faber, Cub Swanson and Charles Oliveira have ‘The Answer’ as the glowing hot contender of the UFC featherweight division, yet he’s being put on hold for a title shot repeatedly. Many believed he gave Jose Aldo a tough enough fight to deserve a rematch in 2013 when ‘Scarface’ was still champion, and he’s beaten five legit contenders since then.
With the recent news that Conor McGregor would move up to 155 pounds for his next fight following his destruction of Aldo, Edgar once again draws the short straw. With no-one really left in the division to fight whom he hasn’t beaten already, ‘The Answer’ took to Twitter to vent his frustrations.
I’m done getting screwed over my next fight will be Conor Mcgregor there is nobody else I am going to fight https://t.co/o2q4xgosrU
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
So why is Edgar being overlooked for a title fight? Is it purely circumstance, or maybe the UFC matchmakers have become hesitant to book him because of his run of decision wins. It would be very unfair if that was the fact, but perhaps there’s an underlying issue we are still to learn about. One theory is that Edgar doesn’t talk enough ‘trash,’ like a Conor McGregor would, well, like his raw knockout over Chad Mendes, Edgar is trying to change that too.
He literally went all out over social media:
I’m done getting screwed over my next fight will be Conor Mcgregor there is nobody else I am going to fight https://t.co/o2q4xgosrU
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
When he finally agree to fight me I will take his soul @danawhite https://t.co/P38h0ExV2d
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
He will gas with me to but I will never gas and he know it https://t.co/gzfq5qNDu0
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
You sound like a Conor fan ask him why he’s not fighting me https://t.co/qMFwENaelr
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
Skip to page 2 for even more *Hint* there’s a twist in the tale….
I know I am going to be the featherweight champion https://t.co/bWJ88Vl8cD
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
I beat bj Swanson, cub, Mendez,shirk, who did he beat outside Aldo https://t.co/lWsBgWPNVE
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
I’m going for the finish and like I said he won’t be the same after I am done with him https://t.co/5OOpB9m0Pa
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
This dude has been ducking me but he can’t duck me for the rest of his life https://t.co/DgeFzXNIFw
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
We will bring the belt to the usa together https://t.co/A77605k98J
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
He will fight me first somewhere somehow I’m done https://t.co/Txlg2NEGQh
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
Dana promise me a title shot and this is what I’m gonna get I will not fight anybody else but for the title https://t.co/RL2Jh8jUSo
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
I’ll take a left from the whole country of Ireland and everybody knows https://t.co/9VvcNja8Pd
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
Everybody know I’ll make him break in the third and he’ll quit in the 4th https://t.co/Kg8tA5FaRW
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
Thank you bro he is running so fast I have to catch him first before I can fight him https://t.co/tpkQHVXFqk
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
I’m going to follow him everywhere he goes and we’re gonna have to fight somehow https://t.co/jZBs0FQerz
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
If Conor say he is the king I am going to kill the king in April in Madison square garden if it’s passed https://t.co/TG7gh16rOH
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
I’m done getting screwed over my next fight will be Conor Mcgregor there is nobody else I am going to fight https://t.co/o2q4xgosrU
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
It will take a lot of courage to fight me and I hope he has it in him https://t.co/nmVczSDonp
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
I’ll fight him in his own backyard and I’ll beat him and he knows it that’s why he is dodging me https://t.co/ly71M2zhnK
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
Conor is on the run he wants easy fights https://t.co/Vfc3GYtMoa
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
Your right he’s scared of the real man if you want to be great and solidly his belt he has to go through me https://t.co/jVmas9yBAx
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
He’s been protected since day 1 https://t.co/gBFI8Tnfqd
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) December 24, 2015
Seems pretty out of character for Edgar, right? Well, that’s because it looks like it’s his manager doing the talking. He apparently forgot he was signed in as himself for the following tweet:
Frankie sounds serious pic.twitter.com/qk9zssq4Ee
— caposa (@GrabakaHitman) December 24, 2015