{"id":120313,"date":"2014-11-23T07:43:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T15:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=120313"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:07:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:07:47","slug":"edgar-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/edgar-title-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgar on title shot: &#8220;It should be me&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/edgar-shame-someone-else-took-title-aldo\/edgar-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-120088\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Edgar.jpg\" alt=\"Edgar\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Edgar.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Edgar-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Edgar-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night at UFC Fight Night 57, Frankie Edgar made a statement as to why he deserves the next featherweight title shot.  Edgar out-wrestled Cub Swanson for nearly the entire fight before sinking in a brutal neck crank to finish the fight with just 4 seconds left.<\/p>\n<p>At the post fight press conference Edgar spoke to media members about his desire to get the next featherweight title shot.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/11\/frankie-edgar-it-should-be-me-for-the-next-title-shot-after-ufc-fight-night-57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>\u201cIt should be me, based on my performance, based on what I\u2019ve done in my career, it should be me.  I\u2019m here to stay. I\u2019m coming. I\u2019m not going to be an easy fight for anybody, I guarantee that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With Conor McGregor gearing up to fight Dennis Siver in January, there has been talks of a potential Aldo-McGregor fight if McGregor defeats Siver.<\/p>\n<p>Edgar gave his thoughts on how he would feel if he was overlooked for the next title shot.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019d be angry. I\u2019d be disappointed, but I wouldn\u2019t be a baby about it. What can I do? Just put my head down, go back in the gym and earn another shot. That\u2019s all I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know, man.  It\u2019s not my job to make the fights or (give) my opinion on it. I don\u2019t know who else was there for him to fight (other than Siver). It\u2019s a tough featherweight matchup for him. I think everybody wants to see him fight a wrestler. There\u2019s still some unknowns about him. But he\u2019s been doing everything he\u2019s supposed to when he\u2019s in there with whoever he\u2019s in there with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDennis isn\u2019t an easy fight by any means, but it\u2019s not the matchup that everybody want against a wrestler who can take him down and take him into deep water, but it is what it is.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night at UFC Fight Night 57, Frankie Edgar made a statement as to why he deserves the next featherweight title shot. Edgar out-wrestled Cub Swanson for nearly the entire fight before sinking in a brutal neck crank to finish the fight with just 4 seconds left. 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