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Frankie Edgar’s Coach Taunts Conor McGregor With Sarcastic Comment For Avoiding Fight

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Now that it’s out in the open and officially confirmed by the UFC that UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor is moving up to challenge Rafael dos Anjos to attempt to win the UFC Lightweight Championship and hold both titles simultaneously, the Frankie Edgar camp is doing their part to get “The Notorious” champion back to defend his original UFC title against the man who deserves it.

Respected MMA coach Mark Henry took to social media, posting a very sarcastic comment taunting the Irishman for his belief that fear has motivated his move to the 155 pound division instead of defending his 145 pound title against the former 155 champion who earned the next 145 pound title shot — his fighter, Frankie Edgar.

Henry posted the following on his official Instagram this week:

“@thenotoriousmma and @coach_kavanagh unlike most of the 145 pd division that is upset you’re going up I’m not. I want to congratulate you on actually fighting men your own size. I mean walking 175-180 fighting at 155 takes a brave man. When you say 99 % of people couldn’t make the weight cut Conner makes to 145 your right, because 99 % of the fighters aren’t as scared as Conner to have to drop that much weight. Fear could will a man to do amazing things. Now why don’t you drop the security blanket and leave the 145 pd belt and go full blown BIG BOY. Congratulations again……. Almost. PS @frankieedgar walked 156 when he won 155 title.”

UFC confirmed Conor McGregor vs. Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC Lightweight Championship as the main event of UFC 197 this week, with Holly Holm’s first defense of the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship against Miesha Tate as the co-main event for the pay-per-view event scheduled for March 5th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

@thenotoriousmma and @coach_kavanagh unlike most of the 145 pd division that is upset you’re going up I’m not. I want to congratulate you on actually fighting men your own size. I mean walking 175-180 fighting at 155 takes a brave man. When you say 99 % of people couldn’t make the weight cut Conner makes to 145 your right, because 99 % of the fighters aren’t as scared as Conner to have to drop that much weight. Fear could will a man to do amazing things. Now why don’t you drop the security blanket and leave the 145 pd belt and go full blown BIG BOY. Congratulations again……. Almost. PS @frankieedgar walked 156 when he won 155 title.

A photo posted by Mark Henry (@mark_henry7) on Jan 13, 2016 at 8:15pm PST

Henry posted the following on his official Instagram this week:

“@thenotoriousmma and @coach_kavanagh unlike most of the 145 pd division that is upset you’re going up I’m not. I want to congratulate you on actually fighting men your own size. I mean walking 175-180 fighting at 155 takes a brave man. When you say 99 % of people couldn’t make the weight cut Conner makes to 145 your right, because 99 % of the fighters aren’t as scared as Conner to have to drop that much weight. Fear could will a man to do amazing things. Now why don’t you drop the security blanket and leave the 145 pd belt and go full blown BIG BOY. Congratulations again……. Almost. PS @frankieedgar walked 156 when he won 155 title.”

@thenotoriousmma and @coach_kavanagh unlike most of the 145 pd division that is upset you're going up I'm not. I want to congratulate you on actually fighting men your own size. I mean walking 175-180 fighting at 155 takes a brave man. When you say 99 % of people couldn't make the weight cut Conner makes to 145 your right, because 99 % of the fighters aren't as scared as Conner to have to drop that much weight. Fear could will a man to do amazing things. Now why don't you drop the security blanket and leave the 145 pd belt and go full blown BIG BOY. Congratulations again……. Almost. PS @frankieedgar walked 156 when he won 155 title.

A photo posted by Mark Henry (@mark_henry7) on Jan 13, 2016 at 8:15pm PST

Rafael dos Anjos Says Conor McGregor’s “Traitor” Comments “Make No Sense”

Earlier this week Conor McGregor posted a message online calling his upcoming UFC 197 opponent Rafael dos Anjos a “traitor.” The lightweight champion has fired back at McGregor, saying McGregor’s claims make no sense and that he’s “out of his mind.” Here’s what Ajos had to say:

“It doesn’t make any sense,” Dos Anjos told MMAFighting.com. “We have a lot of Brazilians in the United States. It doesn’t mean we’re traitors to our country. I’ve got kids, and I had to move for different things like better wrestling training partners here. I think that was a frustrated way to try to win the Brazilian fans. This guy is out of his mind. He’s going to try to do his best to try to mess with my head. I don’t hate him, but the Brazilians do. Brazil is on my side.”

Rafael dos Anjos and Conor McGregor will meet at UFC 197 on March 5th in Las Vegas. Live round-by-round coverage of the event starts at 10 PM ET on MMANews.com.

“It doesn’t make any sense,” Dos Anjos told MMAFighting.com. “We have a lot of Brazilians in the United States. It doesn’t mean we’re traitors to our country. I’ve got kids, and I had to move for different things like better wrestling training partners here. I think that was a frustrated way to try to win the Brazilian fans. This guy is out of his mind. He’s going to try to do his best to try to mess with my head. I don’t hate him, but the Brazilians do. Brazil is on my side.”

Rafael dos Anjos and Conor McGregor will meet at UFC 197 on March 5th in Las Vegas. Live round-by-round coverage of the event starts at 10 PM ET on MMANews.com.

RDA: McGregor Will Be Scared Once I Hit Him

Brash and outspoken Irish UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has already begun his patented trash towards his next opponent, 155-pound title holder Rafael dos Anjos. The two men will do battle in the main event of March 5’s UFC 197, as McGregor attempts to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two belts

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Brash and outspoken Irish UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has already begun his patented trash towards his next opponent, 155-pound title holder Rafael dos Anjos.

The two men will do battle in the main event of March 5’s UFC 197, as McGregor attempts to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two belts simultaneously. The “Notorious” one came into the UFC as a two-weight world champion in Cage Warriors, but dos Anjos doesn’t appear to be impressed with McGregor’s “amateur” accomplishments:

“UFC lightweight division isn’t the belt he got in Ireland when he fought a guy with a record of 2-7,” Dos Anjos told MMAFighting.com. “It’s a different world. He fought guys that don’t even have Sherdog pages. He holds belts off his amateur show in Ireland. It’s a different story to hold two UFC belts.”

As far as the talking goes, the Brazilian champion feels as if once he hits McGregor, it’s a whole different story:

“Lightweight division is a different story. We’ll see. Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened? I’ll let him talk and we’ll see what happens. I hope he’s training hard. I think he’s going to be scared once I hit him.”

The Irishman completed his triumphant rise to the pinnacle of the 145-pound division last month, shockingly knocking out former long-time boss Jose Aldo in a mere 13-seconds. Now hungry for more, McGregor has decided to play his card against the big boys, and dos Anjos admits that the “Notorious” one has nothing to lose.

Despite this, RDA doesn’t feel any pressure, as he’s just excited with the fight coming to fruition:

“He doesn’t have anything to lose,” said Dos Anjos. “He’s a smart guy. He knows that if he loses to [featherweight contenders] Jose Aldo or Frankie Edgar, he doesn’t have anything. But at lightweight, if he wins, he’s the man. If he loses, he still has his belt.

“I don’t feel any pressure. I have to take care of my family, my team and my legacy. It’s one more fight. There isn’t anything special in this fight. I’m just happy to put my hands on this guy and make him humble. I think the toughest part of this camp will be not putting my hands on him before the fight happens.”

The bout was confirmed earlier this week, and McGregor wasted no time spitting out a controversial comment, calling dos Anjos a traitor to his country, and dedicating the bout to Brazil. As far as the champion is concerned, the Irish star is simply crazy:

“It doesn’t make any sense,” Dos Anjos said of McGregor’s comments. “We have a lot of Brazilians in the United States. It doesn’t mean we’re traitors to our country. I’ve got kids and I had to move for different things like better wrestling training partners here. I think that was a frustrated way to try to win the Brazilian fans. This guy is out of his mind. He’s going to try to do his best to try to mess with my head. I don’t hate him, but the Brazilians do. Brazil is on my side.”

Who will take over the lightweight division come March?

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Jose Aldo: Conor McGregor Doesn’t Deserve To Be Where He Is

With the news that UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is officially moving up to lightweight to take on 155-pound champion Rafael dos Anjos in the main event of March’s blockbuster UFC 197 event from Las Vegas, it’s hardly a secret that the polarizing ‘Notorious’ has become the most discussed name in combat ports by a

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Taking over that role from former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey due to her devastating UFC 193 knockout loss to Holly Holm, McGregor has proclaimed that he ‘is the fight game,’ and based off of how the UFC has been willing to let him do essentially whatever he wants, it’s hard to argue with him there.

However, it allegedly wasn’t supposed to play out like that after UFC 194, as former featherweight champ Jose Aldo recently told Portal de Vale Tudo (via MMA Fighting) that there was an apparent agreement in place for the winner of their fight to move up to lightweight while the other fighter stayed put at featherweight to take on consensus No. 1 Frankie Edgar, a deal that McGregor supposedly reneged on. What’s more, Aldo was supposedly going to move up to lightweight as he’s long been rumored to do if he won:

“Right after the fight, Dana went to the locker room and told us our next fight would be against Frankie Edgar for the belt, because Conor would move up for the lightweight division since he couldn’t cut weight anymore.

“When we signed the contract, the intention was that the winner would fight at lightweight, but we would need to abandon the featherweight belt,” he said. “That was the plan, that’s what they told us. If we fought at lightweight, win or lose, and then had the opportunity to fight at featherweight again, it would be for the title immediately.”

It appears that the UFC’s plans were thrown a bit of a curveball by the massive drawing power of McGregor, who shocked the world by flooring Aldo in 13 seconds and ending his 10-year unbeaten reign. Aldo is clearly not headed for a rematch with McGregor just yet, but that’s understandably what he’s aiming for. The Brazilian veteran still thinks McGregor was lucky to knock him out and there wasn’t a fight. Aldo said that when they do finally throw down once again, he’s going to win. Find out what Aldo said about his jaw-dropping loss on the following page…

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One More Fighter, This Time a Champion, Is Fined for Dress Code Violation

First it was Donald Cerrone. Then it was Nate Diaz. And now we have the third offender, and he is the champion of the 155-pound division.
Rafael dos Anjos was the third fighter fined at UFC on Fox 17 for violating the UFC’s Athlete Outfitting Policy,&n…

First it was Donald Cerrone. Then it was Nate Diaz. And now we have the third offender, and he is the champion of the 155-pound division.

Rafael dos Anjos was the third fighter fined at UFC on Fox 17 for violating the UFC’s Athlete Outfitting Policy, sources told MMAFighting.com. The sum of the fine was said to be “significant.”

Cerrone was featured on The MMA Hour on Monday and said his fine was “quite a bit more” than $5,000, and that he could purchase a new car for the amount he was dinged. It would be logical to assume the champion got fined an equal or greater amount than the challenger.

Champions make $40,000 per defense under the guidelines of the deal.

When did Dos Anjos stray from the Athlete Outfitting Policy?

He was wearing his championship kit on Saturday, but on Friday at the weigh-in, he sported an Evolve MMA t-shirt before tipping the scale. Dos Anjos has been with Evolve MMA since it opened in 2009 and is listed as one of its primary instructors. The champion does most of his training at Kings MMA with Rafael Cordeiro.

Other than the three lightweights who had fines levied against them, 12 others will be receiving warning letters from the UFC, according to MMAjunkie’s John Morgan.

There is still a question of where the money from the fines goes. The NFL donates all money from fines to charitable programs for former players, but no one quite knows about the UFC’s practices.

Now we know all three fined individuals from UFC on Fox 17. Perhaps the lightweights need a crash course to remind them of the rules of the deal. We shall see how strong of a deterrent these fines are for the rest of the roster as we still get used to the Reebok deal moving into 2016.

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