Frankie Edgar’s coach, Mark Henry, says that after losing to Nate Diaz at UFC 196, Conor McGregor is not worthy of fighting the former lightweight champion.
It’s no secret that Frankie Edgar has been campaigning hard for a fight with MMA star Conor McGregor. The New Jersey-based fighter opted to take on the Irishman at UFC 189 when Jose Aldo pulled out, but Chad Mendes was selected as the candidate for the job.
McGregor knocked out Mendes in the 2nd round to seize the interim fetherweight title and then unified the belts at UFC 194 when he dusted Aldo in just thirteen seconds. Prior to UFC 194, Edgar made short work of Mendes at The Ultimate Fighter 22 finale and was expected to challenge McGregor for the 145-pound title. “The Notorious”, however, had other plans.
The SBG Ireland product announced his move up the lightweight division to take on champion Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196. Edgar, who captured the 155-pound belt after beating B.J. Penn in 2010, accused McGregor of running scared but ignored the opportunity to fight the Dubliner on short notice when dos Anjos pulled out of the bout with a broken foot.
Nate Diaz was selected as the late-replacement and shocked the world when he tapped McGregor out in the 2nd round. Since then, Edgar has continued to provoke McGregor on twitter, but his coach Mark Henry recently stated that the featherweight champion isn’t “worthy” of taking on his student.
What do u say @thenotoriousmma? Balls in your court, Now lets see who has a Vagina @robdrake @ShoreShot @HiHoRecords pic.twitter.com/J02Afqli36
— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) March 9, 2016
Henry spoke to John Franklin of Sunday Morning Cornerman (h/t Kyle Symes of Combat Press).
“People this weekend were saying how amazing Conor is by going up,” Henry said. “Well, Frankie is 15 pounds less than Conor and was the 155-pound champion. People need to get that in their head when talking about this awesomeness of Conor McGregor. If McGregor is this awesome fighter for going up and getting crushed, Frankie must be the best fighter to ever walk on the planet.”
“He didn’t go up two weight classes,” Henry pointed out. “He fought a 155-pound fighter, and Frankie has dominated that weight class. Conor couldn’t even get past the first 155-pound fighter he faced. At the end of the fight, he was saying something like, ‘I don’t know if Frankie is worthy of fighting me.’ I think it’s the other way around. I don’t think Conor is worthy of fighting Frankie.”
Given that McGregor wants to get back into the Octagon as soon as possible, as he will face no medical suspension for UFC 196, we could see a McGregor vs. Edgar championship fight at UFC 200 on July 9th.