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Frankie Edgar is making the move to the loaded 135-pound division.<\/p>\n

According to a report from ESPN<\/a>, “The Answer” is making the drop to bantamweight following his most recent opportunity to capture a world championship<\/a> at UFC 240. Edgar fought valiantly against the reigning champion Max Holloway, but ultimately would drop a unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

Edgar’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, told ESPN that the plans are already in place for the drop and the hope is to have his client make his bantamweight debut in New York.<\/p>\n

“We have already started discussing Frankie’s bantamweight debut,” Abdelaziz told ESPN. “We’re hoping it will be at UFC 244 on Nov. 2 at Madison Square Garden, but 100 percent Frankie’s next fight will be at 135 pounds.”<\/p>\n

With an 8-4 record in the featherweight division, Edgar challenged for the 145-pound world title on three different occasions, including a pair of unanimous decision losses to Jose Aldo<\/a>. This will be the second drop in weight for Edgar as he entered the UFC in 2007 as a lightweight and went on to capture the division’s championship back in at UFC 112 in 2010.<\/p>\n

According to the report from ESPN, Edgar’s longtime head coach Mark Henry has been pushing the former world champion to make this move for quite some time.<\/p>\n

“It feels like a new beginning for us,” Henry told ESPN. “I love the kid, and I feel it will be safer for him at 135. He always does better when he fights guys his own size. When he’s fighting guys with similar height and range — sometimes they still weigh more than him, but I feel like it’s an even playing field.<\/p>\n

“He was barely cutting any weight at featherweight. I think during this last camp, he was 152 pounds a few weeks before the fight. And he hadn’t started cutting yet.”<\/p>\n

Who would you like to see Frankie Edgar face in his bantamweight debut?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Frankie Edgar is making the move to the loaded 135-pound division. According to a report from ESPN, “The Answer” is making the drop to bantamweight following his most recent opportunity to capture a world championship at UFC 240. Edgar fought valiantly against the reigning champion Max Holloway, but ultimately would drop a unanimous decision. 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