{"id":99071,"date":"2014-05-28T12:50:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T19:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=99071"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:36:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:36:43","slug":"edgar-motivated-to-close-the-book-on-penn-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/edgar-motivated-to-close-the-book-on-penn-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Motivated To Close The Book on Penn For Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/quick-twitt-frankie-edgar-says-this-time-penn-will-be-finished-into-retirement\/penn-edgar\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69099\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69099\" title=\"penn edgar\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/penn-edgar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s gunning for me, so that kind of gives me some motivation. You better believe I don\u2019t want to lose a third time around. I\u2019m motivated to go in there, get the job done, and close this book for good.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI get it, he\u2019s a competitive person. I guess those two wins are still haunting him. I got some guys that haunt me a little bit I guess. But, he feels this is a chance to get redemption. But like I said. No way I\u2019m going to let that happen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve changed a whole lot. I\u2019m sure he\u2019s changed as much as possible. My thing is, I don\u2019t really focus too much on my opponent. I just worry about my skills and trying to get them as sharp as possible. It\u2019ll be a year to the day since I fought last time and I think I\u2019ve made a lot of gains. I think I have a lot of room for growth and I want to show that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafightcorner.com\/2014\/05\/27\/frankie-edgar-motivated-close-book-good-trilogy-penn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fight Corner<\/a>, Frankie &#8216;The Answer&#8217; Edgar, discussed his July bout against BJ Penn, a man who he&#8217;s beaten twice.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHe\u2019s gunning for me, so that kind of gives me some motivation. You better believe I don\u2019t want to lose a third time around. I\u2019m motivated to go in there, get the job done, and close this book for good.\u201d \u201cI get it, he\u2019s a competitive person. 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