Frankie Edgar will have to wait just a little bit longer before his bantamweight debut. Edgar was set to make his bow at 135 pounds against Pedro Munhoz in the co-main event of the Fight Island event taking place Wednesday. However, Munhoz tested positive for COVID-19 putting the fight in jeopardy. A number of bantamweights […]
Frankie Edgar will have to wait just a little bit longer before his bantamweight debut.
Edgar was set to make his bow at 135 pounds against Pedro Munhoz in the co-main event of the Fight Island event taking place Wednesday.
However, Munhoz tested positive for COVID-19 putting the fight in jeopardy. A number of bantamweights have since campaigned to fight Edgar on short notice.
Edgar To Compete Against Munhoz On Pay-Per-View
There will be no need for that, though, as the fight will simply be pushed back a month as they will now compete on the main card of the UFC 252 pay-per-view event taking place August 15 in Las Vegas.
The fight, along with the rest of the full UFC 252 card, was confirmed on the broadcast of UFC 251 last night.
“Fight got pushed back………..good!” Edgar wrote on Twitter on Sunday. “Time to Reload, Recalibrate, Reengage and go on the Attack! Let’s gooooo!”
Edgar has lost three of his last four outings and will be looking for a change in fortunes at bantamweight. Munhoz, meanwhile, is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Aljamain Sterling after winning his last three before that.
Here is the UFC 252 main card looks:
Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier – heavyweight title fight
Javier Mendez, the coach of Daniel Cormier, expects the trilogy bout with Stipe Miocic will be a war as ‘DC’ is finally healthy again. Cormier and Miocic last fought back at UFC 241 where it was Miocic who claimed a fourth-round TKO to recl…
Javier Mendez, the coach of Daniel Cormier, expects the trilogy bout with Stipe Miocic will be a war as ‘DC’ is finally healthy again. Cormier and Miocic last fought back at UFC 241 where it was Miocic who claimed a fourth-round TKO to reclaim the heavyweight belt. Since then, DC has had back surgery where […]
Greg Hardy will be making his second walk to the Octagon on August 15 at UFC 252 against Khalil Rountree. Brazilian outlet, Combate was first to report the news of the matchup which has not officially been announced. Hardy last fought back at UFC 249 o…
Greg Hardy will be making his second walk to the Octagon on August 15 at UFC 252 against Khalil Rountree. Brazilian outlet, Combate was first to report the news of the matchup which has not officially been announced. Hardy last fought back at UFC 249 on May 9. There, he returned to the win column […]
Daniel Cormier insists that he doesn’t look to poke his opponents in the eye intentionally. Eye pokes became an issue in both of Cormier’s bouts with Miocic. Some credit Cormier’s eye poke with negatively impacting Miocic’s visi…
Daniel Cormier insists that he doesn’t look to poke his opponents in the eye intentionally. Eye pokes became an issue in both of Cormier’s bouts with Miocic. Some credit Cormier’s eye poke with negatively impacting Miocic’s vision in their first encounter back in July 2018. Cormier knocked out Miocic in the opening frame. The rematch […]
Don’t expect a standup war when Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier meet for the third time. Miocic will defend his heavyweight title against Cormier in a trilogy bout that will headline the UFC 252 pay-per-view on August 15. The first two fights were mainly striking battles, although there was a bit more wrestling in the […]
Don’t expect a standup war when Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier meet for the third time.
Miocic will defend his heavyweight title against Cormier in a trilogy bout that will headline the UFC 252 pay-per-view on August 15. The first two fights were mainly striking battles, although there was a bit more wrestling in the rematch that saw Cormier dominate the exchanges.
And with a third fight likely taking place at the Apex facility in Las Vegas that has a smaller 25-foot Octagon, Cormier — who will compete for the last time in mixed martial arts — plans on emulating Curtis Blaydes by putting on a complete wrestling clinic this time around.
“I love fighting at the APEX,” Cormier said on his ESPN show on Monday (via MMA Fighting). “That old leg is gonna be right in front of me to grab. I’ll be like Curtis Blaydes. If you want to see a 25-minute stand-up fight, that’s not what you’re getting.
“I hope Stipe has his wrestling shoes, because with the small cage, single-leg, single-leg, single-leg, single-leg, wrestling. It is what it is. Sorry.”
Cormier Planning On Regaining Title Regardless Of Cage Size
But could a smaller Octagon cheapen a potential Cormier win given that the first two Miocic fights were in a 30-foot Octagon?
“DC” doesn’t seem to think so whatsoever nor does he seem to care too much.
“Stipe Miocic and I are going to fight for the heavyweight championship,” Cormier said. “We could fight on the beach somewhere, it’s still going to be an official heavyweight championship fight.
“It’s the world we live in today. Would you rather not have the fights? That’s the world we live in. We’ve got to fight where we’re supposed to fight. It is what it is. Big cage, small cage, I’m just gonna do my thing.”
Make no mistake about it either — this will in fact be Cormier’s last outing inside the Octagon. The 41-year-old previously claimed he would retire last year only for that to clearly not happen.
But even if Cormier does win the title and feels good enough to compete again, he intends on leaving the sport on top this time.
“Here’s the thing – and I want to be completely serious about this – everybody wants that moment, to be able to go out on top,” Cormier added. “But if you keep chasing it, eventually somebody’s gonna get you. So no. I want this. It doesn’t get bigger.
“A trilogy fight for the heavyweight championship of the world. What more could I possibly be chasing?”
Daniel Cormier believes Stipe Miocic will be on his back more often than not on Aug. 15. Cormier and Miocic are set to collide in the main event of UFC 252. This will be the third encounter between the two. The score 1-1 with Miocic scoring the last vi…
Daniel Cormier believes Stipe Miocic will be on his back more often than not on Aug. 15. Cormier and Miocic are set to collide in the main event of UFC 252. This will be the third encounter between the two. The score 1-1 with Miocic scoring the last victory to regain the UFC heavyweight championship. […]