To wait or not wait for a UFC title shot is a question top contenders must answers at one point or another. Waiting has paid off for some, but sitting out has also backfired for others. No. 2-ranked featherweight and former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar could have sat back and waited to face the winner of the fight between titleholder Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor , who square of at UFC 189 this summer, but opted to accept a fight against Urijah Faber instead. “I had to take a year off from fighting to do The Ultimate Fighter show
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Frankie Edgar Put Title Shot to the Side to Fight Urijah Faber – MMA Weekly