‘The Reply’ is headed to the UFC Corridor of Fame.
In the course of the UFC 297 broadcast, it was introduced that former UFC Light-weight Champion, Frankie Edgar might be inducted into the UFC Corridor of Fame this summer time in Las Vegas, Nevada.
From the UFC:
FRANKIE “THE ANSWER” EDGAR NAMED TO UFC HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2024
“Las Vegas – UFC right this moment introduced that former UFC light-weight champion Frankie ‘The Reply’ Edgar might be inducted into the UFC Corridor of Fame’s ‘Trendy Wing’ as a member of the Class of 2024.
The 2024 UFC Corridor of Fame Induction Ceremony will happen this summer time in Las Vegas and might be streamed stay on UFC FIGHT PASS.
‘Frankie Edgar is among the best athletes in UFC historical past,” UFC CEO Dana White mentioned. “Frankie had an incredible profession and persistently fought one of the best athletes on the earth throughout a number of weight courses for greater than 15 years. He’s a legend, and will probably be an honor to induct him into the UFC Corridor of Fame as a part of Worldwide Battle Week this summer time.’
Edgar will enter the UFC Corridor of Fame as a member of the Trendy Wing, becoming a member of others on this distinguished class, together with Forrest Griffin (2013), BJ Penn (2015), Urijah Faber (2017), Ronda Rousey (2018), Michael Bisping (2019), Rashad Evans (2019), Georges St-Pierre (2020), Khabib Nurmagomedov (2022), Daniel Cormier (2022), Jose Aldo (2023) and Donald Cerrone (2023).
The “Trendy Period” class contains athletes who turned professional on or after November 17, 2000 (when the primary UFC occasion below the unified guidelines of MMA was held), are a minimal age of 35, or who’ve been retired for one yr or extra.
A veteran of 35 fights throughout his 17-year skilled MMA profession, Edgar compiled a document of 23-11-1, securing victories over UFC Corridor of Famers BJ Penn, Urijah Faber, and Cub Swanson (Battle Wing), in addition to notching wins towards former WEC light-weight champion Hermes Franca, and former UFC light-weight champions Sean Sherk, Charles Oliveira, and Yair Rodriguez (interim).”
Frankie Edgar Profession Accolades
Edgar made his skilled MMA debut in 2005, the place he competed in a number of unbiased promotions, earlier than making his UFC debut in February, 2007. Edgar would compile a 6-1 document within the UFC earlier than incomes his first shot, the place he’d outlast Corridor of Famer, BJ Penn en-route to a unanimous determination to seize the light-weight title. ‘The Reply’ would defend the title twice earlier than finally dropping it to Benson Henderson.
The newly minted Corridor of Famer would discover success within the UFC’s featherweight division, amassing victories over the likes of Charles Oliveira, Cub Swanson, Urijah Faber, and Chad Mendes. Sadly for Edgar, he’d come up quick in his bid for 135-pound gold and dropping seven out of his ultimate 9 bouts. Nevertheless, the pleasure of Toms River, New Jersey would exit on his sheild as solely he can, as these ultimate seven defeats got here towards Brian Ortega, Max Holloway, ‘The Korean Zombie,’ Cory Sandhagen, ‘Chito’ Vera, and Chris Gutierrez, which ended up being his ultimate battle at UFC 281 in entrance of his New York (and New Jersey) followers on the well-known Madison Sq. Backyard area in New York.
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