{"id":162805,"date":"2015-08-25T19:16:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T02:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=162805"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:12:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:12:25","slug":"report-frankie-edgar-vs-chad-mendes-will-headline-tuf-22-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/report-frankie-edgar-vs-chad-mendes-will-headline-tuf-22-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Frankie Edgar vs. Chad Mendes Will Headline TUF 22 Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/edgar-mendes3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162756\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/edgar-mendes3.png\" alt=\"edgar mendes\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/edgar-mendes3.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/edgar-mendes3-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/edgar-mendes3-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/edgar-mendes3-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It looks like The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale will be capped off with a main event fight between top UFC featherweights Frankie Edgar and Chad Mendes.<\/p>\n<p>The fight was first reported by Brazilian website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancenet.com.br\/lutas\/Chad-Mendes-Edgar-Aldo-McGregor_0_1418858300.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lancenet<\/a>, then confirmed by <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/08\/frankie-edgar-vs-chad-mendes-headlines-the-ultimate-fighter-22-finale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>, who state that several sources close to the signing of the fight have stated that it is indeed happening and both fighters have verbally agreed to the scrap. 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