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Frankie Edgar’s UFC Future Uncertain After UFC 268, Per Dana White

UFC President Dana White isn’t sure what’s next for Frankie Edgar following his disappointing loss to Marlon Vera at UFC 268.

Edgar and Vera were trading blows for a majority of the fight before Vera landed a brutal front kick to the face that drop…

Frankie Edgar

UFC President Dana White isn’t sure what’s next for Frankie Edgar following his disappointing loss to Marlon Vera at UFC 268.

Edgar and Vera were trading blows for a majority of the fight before Vera landed a brutal front kick to the face that dropped Edgar in the third round. After landing some hard ground-and-pound, the referee stopped the fight, to the displeasure of Edgar.

Edgar had success in the opening minutes of the bout, using his wrestling to control Vera on the ground and also landing some hard elbows from top mount. However, Vera found his range as the fight went on and ended up getting the late finish.

Edgar immediately protested the stoppage, but White feels it was warranted.

Frankie Edgar Suffered A KO Loss To Marlon Vera At UFC 268

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“I love Frankie Edgar. He’s wrong,” White said during the UFC 268 post-fight presser. “It was a great stoppage. Even when Frankie was on his knees and was arguing with the ref and everything else, when he still stood up, he wasn’t right after. So it was a good stoppage.”

With the loss to Vera, Edgar has now lost four of his last five inside the UFC Octagon. He has accumulated just one win since making the move from featherweight to bantamweight last year.

Despite his recent struggles, White isn’t ruling out a possible return for Edgar in the near future but feels his days may be numbered.

“Frankie was fighting a good fight until he got clipped,” White said. I don’t know. Frankie’s gotta go home, spend some time with his family, think about what he wants to do, and we’ll talk about it.”

Edgar is a former lightweight champion and is widely regarded as a legend of the sport and a future Hall of Famer.

What do you think is next for former UFC champion Frankie Edgar?

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Marlon Vera Front Kick KO’s Frankie Edgar – UFC 268 Highlights

Marlon Vera picked up the biggest win of his career at UFC 268. ‘Chito’ survived two rounds of heavy wrestling pressure from Frankie Edgar before closing the show in the final frame. The bantamweight prospect landed a picture-perfect front-kick to KO the former lightweight champion. Check out the highlights.

Marlon Vera picked up the biggest win of his career at UFC 268.

‘Chito’ survived two rounds of heavy wrestling pressure from Frankie Edgar before closing the show in the final frame.

The bantamweight prospect landed a picture-perfect front-kick to KO the former lightweight champion.

Check out the highlights.

Marlon Vera: Sean O’Malley ‘Can Go F—k Himself’

Marlon Vera has had enough of the dismissive comments of Sean O’Malley.

One of the biggest wins to come in the career of “Chito” Vera was also his most controversial. When taking on “Suga'” Sean O’Malley at UFC 252, last August, he got a TKO after …

Marlon Vera Sean O'Malley

Marlon Vera has had enough of the dismissive comments of Sean O’Malley.

One of the biggest wins to come in the career of “Chito” Vera was also his most controversial. When taking on “Suga'” Sean O’Malley at UFC 252, last August, he got a TKO after a leg kick numbed the nerves in O’Malley’s ankle, leading to him falling to the ground and succumbing to ground and pound from the Ecudorian.

Ever since that fight, which was the first loss of O’Malley’s career, he denied that Vera had ever beaten him, regularly throwing shade his way and constantly saying that he is still undefeated. It would seem that “Chito” has had enough though, as when asked about it during the UFC 268 media scrum, he had some quite aggressive language about O’Malley, saying that he does not care what “Suga'” has to say.

“I said it many times before, we are in the times where everything is (about) clout. Everything is like… who you hang out with. I don’t give a shit what he says, I knocked him out. You can say whatever you want, you can make fun of it, but at the end of the day he’s going to bed every night knowing I put him out,” Vera said.

“We can talk crazy shit. I can use my social media and just say crazy shit, and I know people will like that, but I keep it real. I like to be real, I like to say facts, and I earned everything I have in my life by going forward and going hard. So he can go fuck himself.”

While an eventual rematch between the two is far from out of the question, they are on different paths in their careers at the moment. Marlon Vera is set to take on number eight ranked Frankie Edgar, as he continues to try chipping away at the bantamweight ranks, while Sean O’Malley does not seem particularly interested in facing ranked fighters at the current rate of pay that he is making.

Watch Marlon Vera’s full media scrum below:

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Sean O’Malley Predicts Frankie Edgar vs. Marlon Vera Fight

“Suga” Sean O’Malley has made his prediction for who he thinks walks away with their hand raised in the bantamweight scrap between Frankie Edgar and Marlon Vera. Frankie Edgar is set for a Madison Square Garden return for the first ti…

“Suga” Sean O’Malley has made his prediction for who he thinks walks away with their hand raised in the bantamweight scrap between Frankie Edgar and Marlon Vera. Frankie Edgar is set for a Madison Square Garden return for the first time in five years when he faces Marlon Vera at UFC 268, a fight card […]

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Frankie Edgar vs. Marlon Vera Booked For UFC 268

A bantamweight scrap between Frankie Edgar and Marlon Vera has been added to the UFC 268 card. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto has reported that “The Answer” vs. “Chito” is on for Nov. 6. Here’s his Tweet revealing the news. &#…

A bantamweight scrap between Frankie Edgar and Marlon Vera has been added to the UFC 268 card. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto has reported that “The Answer” vs. “Chito” is on for Nov. 6. Here’s his Tweet revealing the news. “Frankie Edgar will return to MSG for the first time since 2016. Edgar vs. Chito Vera has […]

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Ranked UFC Bantamweight Calls Out “Double Chin” Urijah Faber

UFC bantamweight Marlon Vera is searching for his next opponent and has taken to Twitter to call out former title challenger Urijah Faber. Vera was last in action at UFC Vegas 29 last month. In a rematch five years in the making, “Chito” av…

UFC bantamweight Marlon Vera is searching for his next opponent and has taken to Twitter to call out former title challenger Urijah Faber. Vera was last in action at UFC Vegas 29 last month. In a rematch five years in the making, “Chito” avenged his 2016 loss to England’s Davey Grant in a Fight of […]

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