{"id":332744,"date":"2019-11-21T15:36:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T23:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=332744"},"modified":"2021-10-30T18:56:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T01:56:59","slug":"frankie-edgar-discusses-bantamweight-move-and-cory-sandhagen-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/frankie-edgar-discusses-bantamweight-move-and-cory-sandhagen-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Edgar discusses bantamweight move and Cory Sandhagen fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UFC veteran Frankie Edgar has given details on his decision to <a aria-label=\"move down to bantamweight (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/frankie-edgar-moving-to-bantamweight-is-a-bad-idea-says-friend-josh-thomson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">move down to bantamweight<\/a> in order to face Cory Sandhagen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move had seemingly been a long time coming for Edgar who has always seemed to fight guys that are naturally bigger than him. While that is also going to be the case against Sandhagen, the expectation is that he&#8217;ll able to fare a little better at this weight class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two are scheduled to meet at UFC Raleigh on January 25, but prior to that, Edgar spoke with the UFC Unfiltered podcast about his decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Frankie Edgar Talks About Rumored Conor McGregor Fight and Move to Bantamweight | Unfiltered Podcast\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qy50PTBiMHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know, man. Everyone\u2019s been telling for years to go down,\u201d Edgar said. \u201cMy coaches were telling me for a while, and I fought for the \u201945-pound belt a couple times, came up short. I felt like now\u2019s the time if I\u2019m going to do it ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHopefully you don\u2019t fight guys as long and tall. This guy I\u2019m fighting is just as tall, so it don\u2019t matter, but maybe I can be the bigger guy. Although I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be the biggest guy at bantamweight, but I\u2019m not going to be giving up as much size as say, 145, but I mean you got to take into consideration the guys are going to be quicker down at bantamweight, as well. So it doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s going to be smooth sailing 100 percent. Of course, each weight class has their own challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edgar went on to talk about the specific challenge facing him against Sandhagen (12-1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s very dangerous. He\u2019s No. 3 (in the official UFC rankings), and I still want to fight the best guys in my career, and I feel like fighting No. 3 is a good way to debut at this new weight class,\u201d Edgar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor a guy like Cory to come in and fight someone like myself is definitely good for him, but to me I\u2019m looking at it (like) he\u2019s No. 3, and it\u2019s definitely a good way to get myself on a ladder in the 135-pound division&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Quotes courtesy of <a aria-label=\"MMA Junkie (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/11\/frankie-edgar-views-cory-sandhagen-as-opportunity-to-climb-bantamweight-rankings-quickly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC veteran Frankie Edgar has given details on his decision to move down to bantamweight in order to face Cory Sandhagen. The move had seemingly been a long time coming for Edgar who has always seemed to fight guys that are naturally bigger than him. While that is also going to be the case against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":273318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10088,10086,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Frankie Edgar discusses bantamweight move and Cory Sandhagen fight<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Frankie Edgar is excited about moving down to bantamweight, where he is expected to take on Cory Sandhagen at UFC Raleigh.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/frankie-edgar-discusses-bantamweight-move-and-cory-sandhagen-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta 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