{"id":190346,"date":"2016-03-25T08:31:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T15:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=190346"},"modified":"2016-03-25T08:31:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T15:31:05","slug":"conor-mcgregors-coach-backs-fight-with-frankie-edgar-at-madison-square-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregors-coach-backs-fight-with-frankie-edgar-at-madison-square-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor&#8217;s coach backs fight with Frankie Edgar at Madison Square Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Frankie Edgar has been campaigning for a title shot against Conor McGregor since his TUF 22 finale <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-frankie-edgar-knocks-out-chad-mendes\/\">KO win over Chad Mendes<\/a>, the stars could finally be aligning for a McGregor vs. Edgar fight.<\/p>\n<p>With MMA being <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/mma-officially-legalized-in-new-york\/\">legalized in New York<\/a> earlier this week, Conor McGregor&#8217;s striking coach, Owen Roddy, believes that a fight between McGregor and Edgar could be huge for the UFC&#8217;s inaugural event at the famed Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>Roddy spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skysports.com\/more-sports\/ufc\/news\/19828\/10216572\/conor-mcgregor-vs-frankie-edgar-in-new-york-would-be-huge-says-ufc-champions-coach\" target=\"_blank\">James Dielhenn of Sky Sports:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>That would be amazing, realistically that would be huge for the first New York show. Madison Square Garden would be fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>[McGregor and Edgar could fight] at featherweight or even at lightweight\u2014Frankie spends a lot of time there, and he was the lightweight champion. But if Conor is on the card, it would be huge anywhere.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Before that however, McGregor has already committed to a fight at UFC 200 in July.  In addition, the UFC has reportedly already issued contracts to McGregor and Nate Diaz for a welterweight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/report-nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor-ii-works-ufc-200\/\">rematch at UFC 200.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Frankie Edgar has been campaigning for a title shot against Conor McGregor since his TUF 22 finale KO win over Chad Mendes, the stars could finally be aligning for a McGregor vs. Edgar fight. 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