“It just kills me,” Frankie Edgar weighs in on the early stoppage in his fight against Marlon Vera at UFC 268

Frankie Edgar got knocked out again against Marlon Vera at UFC 268, Edgar was doing really well in the first two rounds, but Marlon landed a perfect up kick to Edgar’s face that ended the night for him.

The former lightweight champion expressed his disappointment over the stoppage and he talked about this on Champ and The Tramp podcast he said, “I lost the fight, that’s done. I’m proud of my performance, I’m proud of my team, I’m proud of the way I prepare to do everything the right way. I was 100 percent ready for the fight. I felt like I was doing well in the fight, first-round especially. Second round was a little bit closer. Third round I thought I was really doing well too, I started picking up the pace, landing a lot of punches, obviously got hit with that upkick.”

He added, “I wish the ref let it go a little bit longer. Do I think it was an early stoppage? A little bit. Obviously, the ref’s job is to make sure I’m safe and I get it, I have no qualms about that.” (H/T MMA Fighting.com)

My head didn’t hit the mat yet! Gimme some more,” Frankie Edgar wasn’t happy by referee’s decision

Edgar believes it was a little unfair that everyone else on the card was given benefit of the doubt, “It just kills me because if you look at the two fights before me, they let those guys fight until they almost died,” Edgar said. “I literally got hit with a shot, my hand hit the mat, my head never even touched the f*cking mat.”

He added, “Especially — again, I’m not trying to f*cking make this a big deal because it is what it is — you watch f*cking Justin and Michael Chandler f*cking kill each other and then Burgos and Quarantillo too, they were f*cking on the outs for half the f*cking fight. My head didn’t hit the mat yet! Gimme some more.” (H/T MMA Fighting.com)

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