I’ve been kind of kicking the idea of retirement around since my last fight. The last couple of fights obviously didn’t go the way I wanted them to, but me, if I’m being honest I’d fight forever, you know? But that’s kind of selfish to my family and the people that care about me, so I think I need to kind of announce my retirement, have a retirement so I can sail off into the sunset a little bit.

Frankie Edgar

Frank James Edgar (born October 16, 1981) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the former UFC Lightweight Champion. After capturing and defending his lightweight title multiple times, Edgar competed at featherweight, challenging for the UFC Featherweight Championship on three occasions. He also competed in collegiate wrestling out of the Clarion University of Pennsylvania, where he was a four-time NCAA Division I National qualifier. As of July 19, 2022, he is #12 in the UFC bantamweight rankings

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