Frankie Edgar satisfied; Says he proved all his critics wrong

Frankie Edgar satisfied; Says he proved all his critics wrong

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The former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar made earlier a decision to step down to bantamweight division. Now, on Saturday night he finally stepped inside the Octagon as a bantamweight fighter and made his debut.

Contrary to many speculations and his critics, Edgar made a successful debut by defeating Pedro Munhoz via a split decision. This is the third weight class of the 38-year-old fighter. He has earlier fought at Lightweight and featherweight division.

The fight went for whole five rounds and both the fighters put out their best. Edgar mainly utilized his combination of punching to carry himself through all the five rounds. On the other hand, Munhoz is a very hard-hitting fighter but Edgar successfully defended him. After the fight was over, Edgar seemed completely satisfied with his performance.

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Frankie Edgar says he proved all his critics wrong

During the post fight interview Frankie Edgar told Jon Tanik, “I got my feet wet. I think the sky’s the limit for myself. I didn’t look slow in there. Pedro’s a top dog, and that makes me a top dog.”

Edgar was suffering back to back losses in his laat division and a lot of doubt was over his ability to co.pete at the highest level. But now, after a victory over the fifth ranked bantamweight, he feels he has proved all of his critics wrong.

“I head a lot of MFers barking that I’m old, I’m slow,” Edgar said. “I definitely proved them all wrong. I still got some fight in this tank, baby, and we’re gonna make a run at 135.

“I was number five and that (win) might’ve put me in the top five. Three weight classes, I’m showing I could compete with the best at 38 years old. I don’t want to hear nothing from anybody.”

With this win over Munhoz, Frankie Edgar finally ended his two-year victory drought. He improved his record to 24-8-1 now.

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