{"id":196616,"date":"2016-06-14T22:32:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T05:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=196616"},"modified":"2016-06-14T22:32:44","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T05:32:44","slug":"frankie-edgar-continues-verbal-onslaught-on-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/frankie-edgar\/frankie-edgar-continues-verbal-onslaught-on-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Edgar continues verbal onslaught on Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since Conor McGregor signed to fight Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight title at UFC 196 in the beginning of the year, which ultimately turned into a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-nate-diaz-submits-conor-mcgregor\/\">welterweight fight against Nate Diaz<\/a>, there has been much speculation as to whether or not <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/john-kavanagh-gives-update-on-conor-mcgregors-potential-return-to-featherweight\/\">McGregor will return to featherweight.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor-2-official-for-ufc-202\/\">McGregor vs. Diaz II set for UFC 202<\/a> in August, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/conor-mcgregor-vs-nate-diaz-ii-set-for-ufc-200-jose-aldo-vs-frankie-edgar-for-interim-belt\/\">Frankie Edgar vs. Jose Aldo II<\/a> set for UFC 200 for the interim featherweight championship, Frankie Edgar has been ver open about his belief that McGregor will not return to featherweight.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/6\/13\/11917032\/the-mma-hour-with-michael-bisping-dominick-cruz-daniel-cormier?_ga=1.157026680.2105079035.1465399157\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;At 145 he has everything to lose. At 170, he has nothing to lose. I mean, even though Nate is a 155-pound guy, and he decided not to cut weight so they could go around and market the fact that he&#8217;s going up two weight classes; which is ridiculous because he is fighting Nate Diaz who is a 55 pounder. If he loses at 70, well then, &#8216;Oh, he was too big, he&#8217;s fighting guys bigger than him.&#8217; At 145, he loses then he has nothing. He loses his title, then what? He has a really hard time making that weight anyway, and if he goes to 55, he is not going to be in the title talks for a while, Conor is a smart guy. 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