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Frankie Edgar out of UFC 218 Main Event Title Fight with Max Holloway

Frankie Edgar’s Cinderella Man storyline was one of the most interesting parts of the UFC 218 card. Unfortunately, the event will have to plug on without him with the news that Edgar has withdrawn from his featherweight title bout with Max Holloway due…

Frankie Edgar‘s Cinderella Man storyline was one of the most interesting parts of the UFC 218 card. Unfortunately, the event will have to plug on without him with the news that Edgar has withdrawn from his featherweight title bout with Max Holloway due to an injury suffered while training.

The news was first reported by Combate (per MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani), which was then confirmed by Edgar himself on social media:

It’s tough news for Edgar. Despite standing as one of the most enduring names in the featherweight division, The Answer is 36 years old at this point and holds the record for most time logged in the Octagon.

While he may remain an elite talent he only has so many minutes left in his career, and with so many up-and-coming featherweights set to throw down over the coming weeks, there is no guarantee he will remain the top contender in six weeks’ time.

This is also a drag for Holloway, who has defeated every top 145-pound fighter except Edgar, but it isn’t a huge blow for him as he will still remain atop the UFC 219 card. There are a handful of interesting potential replacements in former rivals Jose Aldo and Cub Swanson, and the contest loses little box office appeal with either of them challenging for the title instead of Edgar.

Regardless of the main event, UFC 218 is set to go down on December 2 in Detroit, Michigan. Expect the new challenger to be officially announced in the coming days.

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Max Holloway Thinks Conor McGregor Should Call Out CM Punk

Conor McGregor completely changed the UFC by making money fights seem more important than legitimate title fights. Back in December of 2015 McGregor captured his first UFC title by downing Jose Aldo in the first round of their meeting. McGregor would never defend that title, however, instead moving up to welterweight for back-to-back fights with […]

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Conor McGregor completely changed the UFC by making money fights seem more important than legitimate title fights.

Back in December of 2015 McGregor captured his first UFC title by downing Jose Aldo in the first round of their meeting. McGregor would never defend that title, however, instead moving up to welterweight for back-to-back fights with Nate Diaz. After the conclusion of his two fights outside of featherweight, McGregor decided to move up to 155 pounds (while retaining the featherweight belt) and challenge for the lightweight title, which he won from Eddie Alvarez via second round knockout in the main event of UFC 205 this past November.

The Irishman then took some time off from mixed martial arts (MMA) competition to embark on a career in the boxing world, taking on Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an exhibition bout this past August. McGregor lost the fight via 10th round TKO.

Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather — Image Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Now that the circus act between McGregor and Mayweather has come to a close, it’s likely that the 155-pound champ will return to the Octagon for his next combat sports outing. Current UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway, a former opponent of McGregor, recently joined The MMA Hour to share his thoughts on the Irishman’s actions as of late.

“Blessed” sounded off on McGregor being nothing more than an ‘exhibition fighter’ and claimed he should continue the trend by calling out the likes of CM Punk (quotes via Bloody Elbow):

“It is what it is. He says our fight between me and him is there, but it’s low on the totem pole,” Holloway said. “Then he is over here talking about fighting Paulie in MMA. It’s like, the guy should call out C.M. Punk, at least CM Punk got some time in UFC. I don’t know, it makes no sense to me. This guy is over here fighting exhibition matches. If that’s what you want to do, and he don’t want to be about that champ life, so be it.”

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