However, the two men have exchanged social media messages in the past discussing a potential fight.
While Frankie Edgar accepts that a fight with the Notorious One might be well in the past, he can’t help but wonder what would have been. In a recent interview ‘The Answer’ stated to Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com-
Why Frankie Edgar never got to face Conor McGregor
While McGregor was moving up the ranks, Frankie Edgar was a top contender and a there certainly were talks of a fight between the two. However, the Irishman chose to move up in weight after facing Chad Mendes and Jose Aldo.
However McGregor was still interested in a fight with Frankie Edgar as he called out for a matchup with ‘The Answer’ in 2019 promising to donate his entire fight purse to charity.
However the UFC President Dana White didn’t seem interested and highlighted a number of reasons. In an interview with Boston Herald, he said:
Therefore, a fight between Frankie Edgar and Conor Mcgregor never got to see the light of the day even though the chances of it happening were high at some point of time.
Once, during one of his lengthy lay-offs, McGregor even floated an idea of facing Edgar for the new 165-pound division UFC belt.
Needless to say, Dana White shot down the idea and it didn’t come up again.
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