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\"Melendez\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Gilbert Melendez is fresh off his UFC 181 loss to Anthony Pettis, but found some time to join the crew at Fox Sports to discuss tonight’s UFC Fight Night Boston. <\/p>\n

Melendez believes that Frankie Edgar, not Conor McGregor is the rightful #1 contender.<\/p>\n

His words:<\/p>\n

“He’s absolutely not the No. 1 contender in my opinion. The most deserving guy will be the guy sitting right next to me, Frankie Edgar. He just demolished B.J. Penn and I was looking forward to his fight with Cub Swanson, hoping to see a very competitive fight, and he smashed him as well. Some people thought he beat Jose Aldo, it was a toss-up. I gave it to Aldo, but it’s a toss up.<\/p>\n

“In my opinion, Frankie Edgar is the most deserving.”<\/p>\n

“If you have the Conor McGregor fight against Jose Aldo, am I going to buy it? Heck yeah I’m going to buy it. Heck yeah, I want to see it. Is it an interesting matchup? Yeah, I do think it’s an interesting matchup. I want to see it.”<\/p>\n

“But is Frankie Edgar the most deserving guy? I believe so.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you agree?<\/p>\n

– via Fox Sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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