During a recent ESPN interview with Ariel Helwani, Conor McGregor mentioned some of the fighters he intends to face upon his return. One of them is former UFC lightweight champion and featherweight title contender Frankie Edgar.
“The Answer” already responded by accepting the challenge, but according to his coach Mark Henry, “The Notorious” already turned down multiple fight offers.
“He didn’t want to fight Frankie before and he had opportunities to,” Henry said on MMA Fighting.com’s Eurobash podcast.
“It’s like he didn’t want to fight him, he had a couple of chances. [When Jose Aldo was forced out of UFC 189] he knew Mendes wasn’t in a camp, that he was filming a hunting show and he hadn’t trained in a long time.