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John Kavanagh has spoken about his desire to see a matchup between his fighter Conor McGregor and the perennial featherweight/lightweight contender, Frankie Edgar. And it’s a fight that has been in discussion in one way or another for the last four or five years. Edgar, whose most recent outing saw him lose to Max Holloway, has been hanging around the …

José Aldo has left the MMA world shocked to a certain extent after revealing his wish to eventually make the drop to the bantamweight division. Aldo is, of course, at something of a crossroads in his career following his decision loss to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 237. With an 0-2 record against the champ, it was thought that he would …

Frankie Edgar has released a statement confirming his intention to make his bantamweight debut next time he makes the walk to the octagon. Yesterday, we brought you the news that Frankie would finally be testing the 135lb waters, with a debut in the division to come in his next outing. It was a move that met with near-unanimous approval, given …

Frankie Edgar has confirmed that he will finally make his debut in the UFC bantamweight division following the most recent setback to his title-aspirations. Not that the performance he turned in at UFC 240 was an awful one by any stretch, but even still, size matters and in recent times, that fact has become more and more clear. Edgar’s longtime …

Frankie Edgar officially declared his intention to move to 135lbs after suffering defeat over five rounds at the hands of Max Holloway at UFC 240. Though by no means a devastating loss, Edgar now finds himself effectively frozen out of the featherweight title picture and while his greatest moments inside the octagon were to be found at 155lbs, the idea …

Ricardo Almeida, the long-time coach of UFC 240 headliner Frankie Edgar, has explained why a move to 135lb may well be on the cards for his fighter.  Frankie found himself outclassed and outgunned by the dominant champion of the featherweight division Max Holloway in his most recent successful defense of his title. Overall, it was a spirited performance from The …

Max Holloway has extended some words of respect to his UFC 240 foe Frankie Edgar after he defeated him on the scorecards in the night’s main-event.  Despite being entertaining in brief moments, the top-billed showdown of the evening boiled down to a simple clash between a vintage Max Holloway and the type of Frankie Edgar we have come to expect …

UFC 240’s main-event will see the featherweight champion Max Holloway return from his failed pursuit of interim-lightweight glory to face a familiar foe. Not that they’re familiar in terms of shared cage minutes but this matchup, of course, will not stand as the first time that these two have been scheduled to fight each other. At the time, Holloway’s loss …

UFC 240 is now just a matter of hours away and at last night’s ceremonial weigh-ins, the fighters involved had their final opportunity to face-off.  The featherweight crown will be up for grabs in the night’s main-event as Max Holloway looks to make the third defense of his belt against the legendary perennial contender Frankie Edgar in a matchup that …

UFC 240’s weigh-ins are scheduled to get underway at 11pm Irish/UK time on Friday evening and will feature all of the stars competing on tomorrow’s card. Despite its lack of big names, UFC 240 is quite an underrated event – one that will provide a showcase for several promising rising stars, all while being bolstered by some quietly excellent matchmaking …

Featherweight contender Brian Ortega has confirmed that he has been compensated by the UFC following his scrapped UFC 226 showdown with Max Holloway. UFC president Dana White found himself in the crosshairs once again when it emerged that he had refused to compensate the originally scheduled co-main event headliner Ortega following Max Holloway’s late withdrawal from their featherweight title clash. …

The UFC’s 25th-anniversary show just confirmed an absolutely amazing headliner as Frankie Edgar meets Chan Sung Jung over five rounds. Edgar proved his mettle beyond all doubt when he bounced back from a brutal KO at the hands of 145lb-challenger Brian Ortega with a decision victory over Cub Swanson just a matter of weeks later. Frankie had never once been …

Frankie Edgar faces off against Cub Swanson in a rematch of their 2014 in UFC Atlantic City’s co-main event just six weeks since his stunning UFC 222 loss to Brian Ortega. Frankie Edgar may well be the most universally loved fighter in the history of the sport. I mean, that could be a stretch to say, but he is certainly …