MMAFighting<\/a>)<\/em>. \u201cNo way that\u2019s how I wanted to go. But that\u2019s the way it goes. You saw [the knockout], everybody saw it. It f****** sucks but how can I complain to be honest. People were cheering my name the whole time, before, during, after. I know I work hard to get where I got. Like f****** hard, very hard. I sacrificed a lot my whole life. I put my all into my athletic career since day one but who the f*** am I to complain? There\u2019s people out there that work hard and they just make it by. I know both sides of that. I\u2019m just trying to be grateful for what I accomplished. Grateful for the ride I had.\u201d<\/p>\nEdgar also adds that is was tough to lose in that fashion, especially with his kids in attendance.<\/p>\n
However, Edgar doesn’t think the loss was due to him slowing down or having a bad chin. Instead, he says he just caught and gave credit to Gutierrez for landing the knee.<\/p>\n
Edgar wishes he was able to put it all on the line<\/h3>\n
\u201cEither I\u2019m slowing down a step or I just don\u2019t see f****** nothing up the middle,\u201d Edgar said. \u201cDamn, the last three up the middle. I guess I don\u2019t have to worry about that stuff no more. But again, I\u2019m a very prideful person and all these people \u2018my chin, his chin, his chin.\u2019 I don\u2019t know if my chin\u2019s that bad. I know how I am in the gym. That first combo hit me with that spinning back fist. It was pretty f****** hard, I ate it pretty good. Knees and kicks are just a different animal. I didn\u2019t see them coming either but I\u2019ve got nothing to be ashamed of and I\u2019ve really got nothing to hang my head about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frankie Edgar ends his career with a record of 24-11-1 but says it still will take some time to get over this loss. He also wishes if he was going to lose, he wishes it was a decision that would’ve allowed him to actually fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow it\u2019s over. It\u2019s in my rearview. It\u2019s just f*****g close in the rearview right now,\u201d Edgar said. \u201cBut it\u2019s going to get further away like everything does and in the big scheme of things, how f*****g important is it? Is it? I don\u2019t know. It would have been nice to go out on a high note. That\u2019s what I wanted. That\u2019s what I thought I was going to have.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat sucks, too, I didn\u2019t even get to f*****g go. Maybe it would have been better if I just went and put on another f*****g heartfelt performance and lost a f*****g decision or something like that. I was able to walk away with some bruises knowing that I f*****g put it on the line again. I put it on the line but in a different way,” Edgar concluded. “I really didn\u2019t get to show it and remember, I didn\u2019t know what I was going to do after the last time this happened and I came back because I felt pretty good. My body felt pretty good to do it and I gave it that shot and it didn\u2019t work out. I\u2019ve got to be honest with myself. I don\u2019t want to be but I\u2019ve got to be. Let\u2019s be real. It\u2019s in the past, it\u2019s behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n
What is your favorite memory from Frankie Edgar’s career?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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