Edgar: Featherweight talk ‘disrespectful’ to past opponents
At the time I was just so upset I just lost my title and everything, I don’t think I was…
At the time I was just so upset I just lost my title and everything, I don’t think I was even thinking about what anybody was really asking, Edgar said on MMAWeekly Radio.
In hindsight, I guess you could say I don’t know if you’d call it disrespectful, people have got a job to do, and (dropping to 145) is something that Dana was kind of hinting to, so I think the media was just following suit a little bit.
Over the past several years, Edgar has picked up wins over names like B.J. Penn twice, Gray Maynard, Sean Sherk, and Jim Miller, who most believe are still the best of the best in the lightweight division. Not to mention he just lost a very close decision to Benson Henderson, in a fight many scored him winning.
So when it came down to questions about his move to featherweight, Edgar didn’t take offense, but he actually felt like it was a slap in the face to some of his past opponents
I’ve been so dominant at this weight class, I beat some very good guys, and I don’t feel it’s disrespectful towards me, I feel it’s disrespectful towards them, Edgar stated. It is what it is.