{"id":187216,"date":"2016-02-24T14:48:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T22:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=187216"},"modified":"2016-02-24T14:48:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T22:48:41","slug":"frankie-edgar-reacts-to-conor-mcgregors-ufc-196-press-conference-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/frankie-edgar\/frankie-edgar-reacts-to-conor-mcgregors-ufc-196-press-conference-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Edgar reacts to Conor McGregor&#8217;s UFC 196 press conference remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday afternoon at the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-ufc-196-press-conference-live-at-1pm-pt2\/\">UFC 196 press conference<\/a> in California, Conor McGregor threw some verbal jabs at Rafael dos Anjos, Frankie Edgar, and Jose Aldo.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor taunted dos Anjos for pulling out of the fight with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/replay-conor-mcgregor-taunts-rafael-dos-anjos-bruised-foot\/\">a &#8216;bruised foot&#8217;<\/a>, as well as taunting Frankie Edgar and Jose Aldo for <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-responds-to-jose-aldo-turning-down-ufc-196-fight2\/\">not accepting the fight<\/a> after campaigning for it for so long.<\/p>\n<p>Edgar of course turned down the fight due to a groin tear that has forced the former champ to take the last 4 weeks off from training.<\/p>\n<p>Following the press conference Edgar took to Twitter to react to McGregor&#8217;s comments.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Funny he wants to fight on 10 days notice while I&#39;m nursing an injury but never before, not surprised.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankieEdgar\/status\/702623767609085952\">February 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday afternoon at the UFC 196 press conference in California, Conor McGregor threw some verbal jabs at Rafael dos Anjos, Frankie Edgar, and Jose Aldo. 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