(This story first appeared in Tuesday’s USA TODAY .) Former UFC titleholder Frankie Edgar has many goals he’d still like to accomplish before the end of his MMA career. However, in order to move toward those goals, Edgar (16-4-1 MMA, 10-4-1 UFC) had to accept a third fight with B.J. Penn (16-9-2 MMA, 12-8-2 UFC), another former UFC champion whom “The Answer” has defeated twice in the past. Rarely does the UFC book a third fight between two athletes when one side took the first two meetings.
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Frankie Edgar sees upside of UFC trilogy with B.J. Penn – MMA Junkie