Dana White: Frankie Edgar is #2 pound for pound best fighter in the world behind Anderson Silva, Wants Aldo vs. Edgar

“If you really look at what pound-for-pound means, you cannot deny that Frankie Edgar is Number 2. The guy weighs 145 pounds and he’s beating guys at 155 pounds. He beat a guy who had him out of it. A guy who many believed had his number. He knocked him out tonight… He’s an amazing human being. He’s an incredible athlete, and he’s got a heart the size of this room.”

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“Honestly, I’d like to see him move to 145 and fight Aldo”

“Did you see the size difference between those two tonight? I’ve been telling him for a long time he should fight at 145. I’m not his dad or trainer. That’s his decision. He’s a grown man and knows what he’s doing.”

“All these other guys that he fights are so much bigger than him. I think that fighting out of your weight class isn’t healthy. I don’t think it’s healthy long-term. I don’t think that guys that fight a weight class above them and take damage can have the longevity that other fighters can have. I think when you fight with guys that are your own size, you don’t take the punishment that you take when you fight bigger guys. The weight classes are there for a reason.”

UFC president Dana White tells the media during last nights UFC 136 post-fight press conference exactly what he thinks about his lightweight champion
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What do you guys think, is Frankie the #2 P4P in the world?

I'm not going to say he is or he is not. I'm just really happy for him and hope to see him have a great run like he's suppose to.

Congratulations to Frankie for shutting myself and everyone else up!

Another thing that bothers me... is when Dana is adamant about Frankie moving to 145lbs when he's the champ and has not lost @ 155 in over 3 f'n years!! Goddamn Dana let the man defend his title until he has 2 losses in a row then make him move. Don't make him move when he's a dominant figure.

Hmmm... wait... he has beaten all the former juggernauts of the division....

Jim Miller, Spencer Fisher, Tyson Griffin, Bocek, Franka, Sherk, Penn, Maynard

He maybe #2 pound for pound after all..... Interesting... *Scratches Chin*

I have no issue with this, as the P4P rankings are BS to begin with. Just some made up ranking system that means absolutely nothing. Hell you could put Kimbo on the P4P rankings and I still wouldn't have a problem with it.

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“If you really look at what pound-for-pound means, you cannot deny that Frankie Edgar is Number 2. The guy weighs 145 pounds and he’s beating guys at 155 pounds.

If that's what pound-for-pound means, then yeah, he's right up there. But that's not what pound-for-pound means.
If that's what it means, then Velasquez is either #1 or #2 because he beat Lesnar and a few othr guys that were bigger than him.
Sorry Dana, but like a lot of MMA fans, you don't seem to understand what pound-for-pound means.

Dana was simply on a fan boy high after the fight. There is no way he thinks Edgar has done enough to dethrone GSP or Silva from the top.

Where is GSP in the P4P list?

Bet he's pretty pissed to hear this!
(I thought GSP was #2 after Silva?)

Wow Dana disrespects Frankie and GSP all pretty much in one sentence. Frankie is fighting at 155 just shut the fuck up and let him fight there. C'mon Dana you didn't even think the 145 weight class existed until a couple of years ago.

As for lighting a fire under GSP for some reason? Why the fuck would you come out and demote him in your eyes and in public like that.... fucking take a breath before you let your fanboy orgasm lets you spew shit out like this....

9Teen_AT4 wrote:

Another thing that bothers me... is when Dana is adamant about Frankie moving to 145lbs when he's the champ and has not lost @ 155 in over 3 f'n years!! Goddamn Dana let the man defend his title until he has 2 losses in a row then make him move. Don't make him move when he's a dominant figure.

Dana actually said his point wasnt that Frankie had cleared out the division its that he thought constantly fighting guys bigger than him would have long term implications on his career. That's why he thought he should move, but he said he would never ask him to. Its just his opinion.

To me you shouldn't really go to other weight classes while champ until you clean out your division.

Silva.

Dana is a spur of the moment talker,
if GSP was fighting this weekend and won;
he would be the #1 P4P best in the world.

If it was Cain Velasquez, he would be the best P4P
in the world.

If it was Silva, he would be without a doubt the #1 p4p
fighter in the world with GSP a close #2.

Depends who he is tlaking about at what time;
and what fights he is trying to line up.