{"id":49090,"date":"2013-01-07T05:10:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T13:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=49090"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:22:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:22:16","slug":"barboza-coins-frankie-edgar-as-real-champ-and-mentor-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/barboza-coins-frankie-edgar-as-real-champ-and-mentor-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Barboza Coins Frankie Edgar As Real Champ And Mentor | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/edson-barboza.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/edson-barboza.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"edson barboza\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/edson-barboza.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/edson-barboza-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/edson-barboza-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cFor me, it\u2019s Frankie Edgar. He\u2019s the champ, he\u2019s been the champ for a long time, that\u2019s a big difference. Now I know I have good training partners and good coaches. Frankie he won the last fight with Ben Henderson, he\u2019s the best&#8230; I need to prove everything. I\u2019ve been working for this fight, I\u2019m working with really professional guys. I\u2019ve trained in Florida, I\u2019ve trained in Brazil before, but here in Jersey the coaches are a big difference. I\u2019m learning everything. I think the big difference from my last fight is I\u2019m learning everything, every day. I\u2019m training in everything \u2013 jiu-jitsu, wrestling, boxing \u2013 I think I\u2019ve improved everything&#8230; I train with him every day. Every day he picks me up at my house for training. Training in the morning, training in the afternoon, training at night, helping me with everything. He\u2019s helped me; I\u2019ve helped him. We\u2019ve stuck together&#8230; That\u2019s a big difference from my last camp. I\u2019m very happy here because I train with the best guys, and I train with good friends. I think that makes a big difference training with good friends.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Edson Barboza has switched things up and now trains with former champion, Frankie Edgar. In this recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/edson-barboza-found-a-team-in-new-jersey-and-a-mentor-in-frankie-edgar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAWeekly<\/a> he explains the importance of his new team and camp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFor me, it\u2019s Frankie Edgar. He\u2019s the champ, he\u2019s been the champ for a long time, that\u2019s a big difference. Now I know I have good training partners and good coaches. Frankie he won the last fight with Ben Henderson, he\u2019s the best&#8230; I need to prove everything. 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