The advent of social media has given rise to a new era of bad blood between fighters— one where they can draw attention to each other with the simple click of a button.
Frankie Edgar has been utilizing such media to his advantage in his bid to campaign for a match against UFC superstar Conor McGregor, who not only holds a title in Edgar’s division, but is also the most lucrative fight on the table.
It was previously assumed that McGregor would be heading back to featherweight to defend his crown after losing to Nate Diaz in a welterweight romp in early March, but that doesn’t appear to be the case, as McGregor is unofficially reported to be facing Diaz for a rematch at UFC 200 in July.
An understandably frustrated Edgar recently shared a rap video posted by ‘shoreShot @shorestruly’ on his Instagram to help clarify his position on the matter, and by the sounds of it, he and others feel McGregor is ducking a battle with the former UFC Lightweight Champion.
However, this isn’t the first time Edgar has taken to social media to call out the featherweight champ, and did so on Twitter on March 9— sharing a video originally posted on Facebook by ‘ShoreShot Music’, which was inspired by the infamous Freddy Krueger nursery rhyme from Wes Craven’s classic slasher film ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’.
https://twitter.com/FrankieEdgar/status/707662998769377280
Many MMA fans and fighters alike have felt that McGregor is being protected by the UFC because of the amount of revenue he brings in. Even Nate Diaz went on record stating that he feels the UFC have been protecting their highly marketable ‘golden boy’:
“I feel like, honest, I feel like the UFC wants to weed me the f*** out of this position. I don’t know if I’m supposed to say that. Sorry! I feel like a lot of people are coming at me now. I see them making a lot of excuses for him, and I think it’s kind of ridiculous.
I don’t think it’s just the UFC. It’s everybody. People are saying, ‘Oh, [McGregor] is great, he’s accepted the loss so well.’ If I would have lost, people would be saying, ‘piece of s*** shouldn’t have accepted the fight.’ I don’t mean to be bitter, but there are a lot of excuses being made for this guy. He’s talking about winning the first round. There are five rounds in a fight. Who gives a s*** if you won a round? You lost.”
Looks like we’ll just have to wait for UFC’s official statement on who will be fighting at UFC 200.
