Henry Cejudo hopes Frankie Edgar isn’t dropping to the bantamweight division with expectations of gaining UFC gold. The reigning champ said he has no intention of allowing that to happen.
After coming up short of the featherweight belt against Max Holloway at UFC 240, Edgar (23-7-1 MMA, 17-7-1 UFC), the former UFC lightweight titleholder, decided to change to his third UFC weight class in a long-anticipated move.
Edgar is reportedly targeting his 135-pound debut for UFC 244 on Nov. 2 in New York, and if successful, Cejudo (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) said he hopes to hear his name come up in the post-fight interview. The dual-champ would like nothing more than to hand “The Answer” another title-fight loss.
“I’m out here getting my recovery done at the UFC PI as I’m going to be out for a minute, so I start hearing these little birdies saying that Frankie ‘The Answer’ Edgar wants to come down to my weight class,” Cejudo said on social media. “Frankie, you’re 0-5 in your last title fights. What makes you think you coming down to my weight class it would be any different? Do me a favor, when you win at MSG, I want you to call me out.”
With Cejudo champion at both bantamweight and flyweight, UFC president Dana White has said a 125-pound title defense against Joseph Benavidez is likely next once Cejudo recovers from shoulder surgery.
Cejudo is expected to be cleared for a return to action no earlier than December, and with a growing list of names coming for him in both divisions, he’s ready for Edgar to join the queue.
“I know you’re gold thirsty and you want my belt,” Cejudo said. “I know you just don’t like me. But until then Frankie ‘The Answer’ Edgar, you can do me a favor: You can bend the knee to ‘Triple C’ too.”
