{"id":196655,"date":"2016-06-15T10:32:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T17:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=196655"},"modified":"2016-06-15T10:38:55","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T17:38:55","slug":"frankie-edgar-on-conor-mcgregor-i-respect-conors-hustle-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/frankie-edgar\/frankie-edgar-on-conor-mcgregor-i-respect-conors-hustle-but\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Edgar on Conor McGregor: &#8216;I respect Conor\u2019s hustle, but . . .&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-frankie-edgar-lambastes-conor-mcgregor-absolutely-amazing-call\/\">Frankie Edgar<\/a> is taking a step closer to making sure he will be fighting for the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-194-results-conor-mcgregor-kos-jose-aldo\/\">undisputed UFC featherweight title<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his next fight at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-updated-ufc-200-promo-with-brock-lesnar-mark-hunt\/\">UFC 200<\/a>, Edgar is set to rematch former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo for the interim title. However, the interim tagline doesn&#8217;t excite Edgar so much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShow me where any of this makes sense,\u201d Edgar said in an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flocombat.com\/article\/42652-frankie-edgar-comfort-in-the-struggle#.V2FXwsF_taI.twitter\" target=\"_blank\">Flocombat<\/a>. \u201cI know the card got shaken up, but you have the champion fighting two weight classes above the one he has the belt in a rematch that makes so much sense the guy he\u2019s fighting doesn\u2019t even know why it\u2019s happening. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-awesome-nate-diaz-highlight-video-with-ufc-196-footage\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a> is my boy and you could tell he was even confused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen you throw Jose and I in for an interim title? If that\u2019s not a consolation prize, then I don\u2019t know what it is. I mean don\u2019t get me wrong, I respect Conor\u2019s hustle, but that dude isn\u2019t ever coming back down to 145. The UFC should do the right thing and make this fight with Jose for the real title, but I can\u2019t count on that. So I just have to win this next bout, and then there\u2019s no way anyone can take the real shot away from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think wins the UFC featherweight interim title fight between Jose  Aldo and Frankie Edgar? Share your prediction with us in the comment section!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video | Conor McGregor<\/strong><br \/>\n[ooyala code=&#8221;V5YzVtMzE6jeckpWLmgdjLNoqEDq12YM&#8221; player_id=&#8221;bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2&#8243; auto=&#8221;true&#8221; width=&#8221;1280&#8243; height=&#8221;1280&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frankie Edgar is taking a step closer to making sure he will be fighting for the undisputed UFC featherweight title. In his next fight at UFC 200, Edgar is set to rematch former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo for the interim title. 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