{"id":188313,"date":"2016-03-05T10:21:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T18:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=188313"},"modified":"2016-03-05T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T18:21:10","slug":"frankie-edgar-conor-mcgregor-is-scared-to-fight-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/frankie-edgar\/frankie-edgar-conor-mcgregor-is-scared-to-fight-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Edgar: Conor McGregor is &#8220;scared to fight me&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Frankie Edgar KO&#8217;d Chad Mendes in the TUF 22 finale, Dana White promised him a UFC featherweight title shot.<\/p>\n<p>The next night Conor McGregor <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-mcgregor-knocks-out-aldo-in-13-seconds\/\">KO&#8217;d Jose Aldo<\/a> in just 13 seconds to claim the UFC featherweight championship.  Immediately following that fight, there was much speculation as to who would get the next featherweight title shot.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor then decided to move up to lightweight at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-dmx-narrates-chilling-ufc-196-promo\/\">UFC 196<\/a>, which then became a welterweight fight against Nate Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview at the EA Sports UFC 2 release party, Edgar spoke to media members, which was transcribed by MMAJunkie:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEverything he does is calculated.  To me, that\u2019s also a sign that he\u2019s scared to fight me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s easy for him to go up to (170) and fight (champ) Robbie Lawler because there\u2019s nothing to lose. Why not? He goes there and loses, and everyone\u2019s going to say, \u2018Ah, he fought at 70. He shouldn\u2019t have fought there.\u2019 He comes down to fight me, and there\u2019s something to lose there. He\u2019s the 45 king, and if he loses that one, he\u2019s not the king anymore.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is important to mention that UFC President Dana White revealed ahead of UFC 196 that he believes McGregor will <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/conor-mcgregor-could-vacate-featherweight-championship-with-ufc-196-win\/\">vacate the featherweight championship<\/a> if he wins at UFC 196.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Frankie Edgar KO&#8217;d Chad Mendes in the TUF 22 finale, Dana White promised him a UFC featherweight title shot. The next night Conor McGregor KO&#8217;d Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds to claim the UFC featherweight championship. 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