{"id":221616,"date":"2017-02-07T08:59:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T16:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=221616"},"modified":"2017-02-07T09:01:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T17:01:30","slug":"frankie-edgar-wants-new-ufc-contract-fights-lamas-holloway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/frankie-edgar\/frankie-edgar-wants-new-ufc-contract-fights-lamas-holloway\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Edgar wants new UFC contract, fights with Lamas, Holloway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In November of 2016, on the main card of UFC 205, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/frankie-edgar\/\">Frankie Edgar<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-205-results-frankie-edgar-vs-jeremy-stephens\/\">defeated Jeremy Stephens by unanimous decision<\/a>. This victory marked the second last obligation on Edgar&#8217;s current UFC contract.\u00a0With one fight now remaining on his current UFC deal, the former lightweight champ and two-time featherweight title challenger is now looking to the future.<\/p>\n<p>While many other top fighters \u2013 such as <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/lorenz-larkin\/free-agent-lorenz-larkin-now-allowed-negotiate-promotions\/\">Lorenz Larkin<\/a> and Ryan Bader \u2013 have been keen to fight out their contracts and explore the free agent market, Edgar is hoping to sign a new deal with the UFC before his current contract ends.<\/p>\n<p>The former champ explained this hope on the latest edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/2\/6\/14518628\/the-mma-hour-with-daniel-cormier-demian-maia-yoel-romero-frankie\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019d like to get a deal,\u201d Edgar said. \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019d like to do. Who knows what\u2019s really gonna happen. But I would like to get a deal. I don\u2019t really want to go anywhere else. This has been my home since the beginning. I just don\u2019t see any reason why we shouldn\u2019t. It\u2019s not like we\u2019re that far apart.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Edgar then went on to explain that, whether he signs a new contract before his next fight or not, he&#8217;d like that next fight to be against either <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-206-results-max-holloway-vs-anthony-pettis\/\">interim featherweight champion Max Holloway<\/a>, or long-time featherweight contender Ricardo Lamas \u2013 two of the few remaining top featherweights he has yet to fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI think those are ones who make sense, depending on what Holloway is gonna do with Aldo, what Aldo is gonna do,\u201d Edgar said. \u201cWho knows?\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With his defeat of Stephens, Edgar returned to the win column after a second decision loss to featherweight king Jose Aldo. Prior to this loss to Aldo, the New Jersey native was enjoying a nice, five-fight win-streak, having defeated Charles Oliveira, BJ Penn, Cub Swanson, Urijah Faber, and Chad Mendes.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think Frankie Edgar should fight next? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 2\/7\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November of 2016, on the main card of UFC 205, Frankie Edgar defeated Jeremy Stephens by unanimous decision. This victory marked the second last obligation on Edgar&#8217;s current UFC contract.\u00a0With one fight now remaining on his current UFC deal, the former lightweight champ and two-time featherweight title challenger is now looking to the future. 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