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UFC Champ Frankie Edgar’s Pregame Speech Helps New York Jets Soar over Dolphins

Frankie Edgar seems to have “The Answer” for everything these days.The UFC lightweight champion was invited by NFL head coach Rex Ryan to help motivate the 2-3 New York Jets on Sunday evening, UFC officials told MMAFighting.com.When the season began, m…

Frankie Edgar seems to have “The Answer” for everything these days.

The UFC lightweight champion was invited by NFL head coach Rex Ryan to help motivate the 2-3 New York Jets on Sunday evening, UFC officials told MMAFighting.com.

When the season began, many had the Jets as not only favorites to win the AFC East division, but there was a general consensus that the team could be a Super Bowl contender.

After a 2-0 start, the contender talk crumbled in a matter of weeks with the Jets losing three straight to the Patriots, Ravens and Raiders.

Ryan, a big fan of MMA, decided to make a call and bring in a guy with a lot of knowledge about fighting with your back against the ropes.

Edgar rose to stardom in 2010 after taking back-to-back decision wins over MMA legend BJ Penn, but his true coming out party was in his UFC 125 bout with rival Gray Maynard.

After being dropped several times in the first round, Edgar made a Rocky-like comeback and battled his way back into the bout that ended in a draw. The rematch, which took place in October, was like watching a re-run of the UFC 125 bout.

Edgar was dropped several times in the first round, and he survived the initial onslaught and battled his way back into the fight. The only difference this time around was that judges didn’t have to render a decision.

Edgar dropped Maynard in the fourth round and followed up with a barrage of punches that forced the referee to step in and call a halt to the action.

After Edgar’s pep talk, the Jets went on to defeat the Miami Dolphins at home on Monday, 24-6.

This wasn’t the first time Ryan sought Edgar’s help to come in and say a few words to his team. In November 2010, Edgar’s pregame speech helped the Jets win a tough outing against the Houston Texans.

“The guy is barely taller than this podium, and this guy, he beats BJ Penn in a UFC Championship bout,” Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez said.

“Everybody counted him out. They wanted a rematch, and then he went back and beat him even worse. Talk about a guy who’s mentally tough, physically tough. He came in and spoke to the team last night. Perfect timing,” he said.

“Just talking about never giving up, being counted out, playing until the end, fighting and believing in yourself, believing in your team and the people around you.

“Those were the only people telling him he could win the fight. Everybody else counted him out…Perfect timing for Rex to bring somebody in like that and give us a little extra inspiration. So, it was great for Frankie to come in,” Sanchez said.

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Frankie Edgar Brought in to Motivate the New York Jets…Again


(We will be perfect in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football, and I will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts and then you will run a mile. Perfection. Let’s go to work.)

With his come from behind performance against Gray Maynard at UFC 136, lightweight champion Frankie Edgar has quickly become one of the more inspirational figures in the sport, so much so that last night, he was called upon by the always inconsistent New York Jets to provide some much needed inspiration heading in to their Monday night match against their long time rival, the Miami Dolphins. Despite making it to the AFC championship game the past two years in a row, the Jets have started the year with a less than stellar 2-3 record, and are in desperate need of a win against the 0-4 Dolphins, who have won their last 3 road games against the Jets.


(We will be perfect in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football, and I will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts and then you will run a mile. Perfection. Let’s go to work.)

With his come from behind performance against Gray Maynard at UFC 136, lightweight champion Frankie Edgar has quickly become one of the more inspirational figures in the sport, so much so that last night, he was called upon by the always inconsistent New York Jets to provide some much needed inspiration heading in to their Monday night match against their long time rival, the Miami Dolphins. Despite making it to the AFC championship game the past two years in a row, the Jets have started the year with a less than stellar 2-3 record, and are in desperate need of a win against the 0-4 Dolphins, who have won their last 3 road games against the Jets.

If this scenario sounds familiar, it may be because last November, Edgar was asked to light a similar fire underneath the Jets before their week 11 game with the Houston Texans. The Jets were able to walk away with a unanimous 30-27 nod across the board thanks to Edgar’s efforts…and a touchdown with 10 seconds remaining in the game. Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez stated that the champ provided some much needed words of wisdom leading into their victory:

The guy is barely taller than this podium, and this guy, he beats BJ Penn in a UFC Championship bout. Everybody counted him out. They wanted a rematch, and then he went back and beat him even worse. Talk about a guy who’s mentally tough, physically tough. He came in and spoke to the team last night. Perfect timing. Just talking about never giving up, being counted out, playing until the end, fighting and believing in yourself, believing in your team and the people around you. Those were the only people telling him he could win the fight. Everybody else counted him out.

There is no word yet on whether or not Edgar laid out a specific game plan for the Jets, but my guess is it would be something like this:

1. Let the Jets score 4 or 5 touchdowns in the first quarter. Seriously, just let them beat the ever loving shit out of you.
2. ???????
3. Profit

Then again, Edgar could just be teaching Jet’s coach Rex Ryan, an avid MMA fan, some moves for the post game handshake in case Tony Sparano tries anything funny. As a Dolphins fan I can only hope that Edgar’s power remains inside the ring this time around.

-Danga