UFC Corridor of Famer Frankie Edgar will return to fight sports activities for the primary time since his MMA retirement at UFC 281.
Former UFC light-weight champion Frankie Edgar’s Combined Martial Arts profession resulted in a devastating knockout loss to bantamweight Chris Gutierrez at UFC 281. Edgar, arguably one of many best lightweights in UFC historical past, contended for titles at bantamweight and featherweight throughout his legendary profession.
Edgar was briefly linked to a return to fight sports activities in bare-knuckle boxing in October in Naked Knuckle FC, earlier than a last-second combat cancellation forward of his bout with Jimmie Rivera. As of this writing, Edgar stays unsigned with BKFC and has since transitioned to a well-recognized enterprise: wrestling.
Earlier than Edgar made waves in MMA, he was a standout wrestler at Clarion College of Pennsylvania, qualifying for the Division I NCAA Championships from 2003 to 2005. After a failed preventing return in BKFC, Edgar will face one of many UFC’s pound-for-pound finest in his Actual American Freestyle debut.
Frankie Edgar set to sq. off with former UFC champ in RAF 09 return
As introduced on Monday, Edgar will sq. off with former UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili at RAF 09 subsequent month in Dallas. Dvalishvili was presupposed to face Henry Cejudo at RAF 08 earlier this month earlier than Cejudo was pressured to withdraw attributable to an harm.
Dvalishvili continues to be ready on information of his UFC return after dropping the bantamweight title to Petr Yan of their UFC 323 rematch in December. A trilogy between Dvalishvili and Yan might probably happen later this summer season.
Edgar will look to earn his first fight sports activities win since a cut up choice victory over Pedro Munhoz in August 2020. He misplaced three consecutive fights within the Octagon earlier than his retirement at UFC 281.
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