It's going to be hard for former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar to regain his divisional footing at 145 pounds. After decisively losing to Jose Aldo for the interim strap at UFC 200 this past July, Edgar has now gone 0-2 in championship bouts as a Featherweight.
And when you consider current divisional king Conor McGregor has unsettled business with the likes of Aldo, Max Holloway and whoever holds gold at 155 pounds in 2017, Edgar may have to wait a long time before he gets another crack at divisional gold.
Luckily, head coach Mark Henry believes that the veteran's quickest route to another title shot lies within the 135-pound division, a weight class that Edgar has never competed in before.