{"id":359487,"date":"2020-08-24T06:24:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T13:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=359487"},"modified":"2020-08-24T06:24:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T13:24:06","slug":"frankie-edgar-responds-to-doubters-calling-him-old-and-slow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/frankie-edgar-responds-to-doubters-calling-him-old-and-slow\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Edgar responds to doubters calling him &#8220;old&#8221; and &#8220;slow&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar has responded to his doubters after picking up a decision win over Pedro Munhoz in his bantamweight debut.<\/p>\n<p>Edgar and Munhoz met in the main event of UFC on ESPN 15 this past Saturday night in Las Vegas. After five closely contested rounds, Edgar walked away\u2014actually hobbled away thanks to Munhoz&#8217;s leg kicks\u2014with a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/pedro-munhoz-questions-judges-in-split-decision-loss-to-frankie-edgar\/\">controversial<\/a> split decision victory.<\/p>\n<p>Controversial or not, the victory gets Edgar back on track in a brand new division after losing back-to-back fights against Max Holloway and &#8220;The Korean Zombie&#8221; Chan Sung Jung in the featherweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Now that he&#8217;s established in this new division, the former lightweight champion, 38, has <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yqKj9tjsZ8g\">a message<\/a> for the people that were counting him ahead of his fight with Munhoz.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC Vegas 7: Frankie Edgar Interview after Split Decision Win\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yqKj9tjsZ8g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s good to be on the winning side,&#8221; Edgar told UFC commentator Jon Anik after the fight with Munhoz had concluded. &#8220;That was a tough fight. Pedro&#8217;s a stud.\u00a0I heard a lot of MFers barking that I\u2019m old, I\u2019m slow. I definitely proved them all wrong. I\u2019ve still got some fight in this tank, baby, and we\u2019re going to make a run at [bantamweight].<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Munhoz] was No. 5 [in the bantamweight rankings],&#8221; Edgar added. &#8220;That might put me right in the Top 5. Three weight classes, I&#8217;m showing I can compete with the best. At 38 years old, I don&#8217;t want to hear nothing from anybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From here, Edgar intends to continue working his way up the UFC bantamweight rankings, toward a shot at the title, which is currently owned by Russia&#8217;s Petr Yan.<\/p>\n<p id=\"NEptCZ\">\u201cI got my feet wet,\u201d Edgar said. \u201cI think the sky\u2019s the limit for myself. I didn\u2019t look slow in there. Pedro\u2019s a top dog, and that makes me a top dog. [Tom\u2019s River, N.J.], baby. TR. We back!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think the future holds for Frankie Edgar after his victory over Pedro Munhoz?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar has responded to his doubters after picking up a decision win over Pedro Munhoz in his bantamweight debut. Edgar and Munhoz met in the main event of UFC on ESPN 15 this past Saturday night in Las Vegas. 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