{"id":289439,"date":"2018-10-27T11:48:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T18:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=289439"},"modified":"2018-10-27T11:48:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T18:48:11","slug":"frankie-edgar-issues-statement-after-being-forced-out-of-ufc-denver-fight-with-kz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/frankie-edgar-issues-statement-after-being-forced-out-of-ufc-denver-fight-with-kz\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Edgar issues statement after being forced out of UFC Denver fight with KZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar was expected to face fan favorite Chan Sung Jung in the headliner of the UFC&#8217;s 25th Anniversary show next month in Denver.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for fight fans, a showdown between &#8220;The Answer&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/frankie-edgar\/report-korean-zombie-vs-frankie-edgar-fight-in-the-works-for-ufc-229\/\">The Korean Zombie<\/a>&#8221; will have to wait, as Edgar was forced to withdraw from the November 10 fight card with a torn bicep.<\/p>\n<p>Frankie Edgar recently took to Twitter where he thanked his fans for their well wishes and added that he will see everyone in the new year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you all for the well wishes and support, to say I&#39;m disappointed would be an understatement. I train accordingly and was ready for a battle with KZ. Respect to Yair and Zombie that should be a fun scrap. See you all early next year!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankieEdgar\/status\/1056165185080168448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Thank you all for the well wishes and support, to say I&#8217;m disappointed would be an understatement. I train accordingly and was ready for a battle with KZ. Respect to Yair and Zombie that should be a fun scrap. See you all early next year!&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Frankie Edgar<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned in Frankie&#8217;s tweet, the UFC was quick to find a replacement for &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankieEdgar\">The Answer<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after news broke that Frankie Edgar had been pulled from the card, perennial featherweight contender Yair Rodriguez was named as his replacement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;El Pantera&#8221; has not competed inside the octagon since May of 2011, where <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/frankie-edgar\/ufc-211-results-frankie-edgar-tkos-yair-rodriguez-highlights\/\">he suffered his second career defeat at the hands and elbows<\/a> of the aforementioned Frankie Edgar at UFC 211.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Chan Sung Jung (The Korean Zombie) will be fighting for the first time since February of 2017, where he defeated Dennis Bermudez with a stunning first-round knockout. 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