It’s safe to say that Frankie Edgar’s swan song Saturday on the pay-per-view portion of UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden will go down with more glamour. More rules, too.
Frankie Edgar’s fighting career began nearly two decades ago with an underground promotion in The Bronx — at a time when professional mixed martial arts wasn’t regulated in New York. He made $160 that night, because he got $10 for each ticket he sold.
Clearly, the mixed martial arts landscape has evolved throughout Edgar’s career. New York became the final state to sanction the sport in 2016, after years of campaigning, in which Edgar himself took part. He reveled in his Garden moment at the first event in the city six years ago by picking up a victory over Jeremy Stephens. By that time, four months after his second championship loss to Jose Aldo, Edgar was the clear No. 2 featherweight in the UFC.
“My job is to go in there in win,” Gutierrez said. “He’s had his run. Like I said, he’s done amazing things for the sport. It’s not bittersweet at all.”Most fighters Wednesday, when asked about Edgar’s career, spoke more glowingly about the former college wrestler who rose to fame by earning the championship from B.J. Penn, winning the rematch and successfully defending the crown in a pair of memorable 2011 battles against Gray Maynard.
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