Nearly the entire time Frankie Edgar was the UFC’s lightweight champion, his boss was dropping hints left and right. UFC President Dana White wanted Edgar to drop down to featherweight since he was an undersized lightweight. But there obviously was a problem with that – Edgar kept winning. But after back-to-back losses to Benson Henderson , the first surrendering his 155-pound title, and the second, in a rematch, unable to reclaim it, Edgar finally answered the featherweight call. The timing was right, and he got an immediate title shot against Jose Aldo . And he lost that fight, too, giving him three straight losses.
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