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TUF 22 Finale results: Frankie Edgar knocks Chad Mendes out early

Frankie Edgar put a stamp on a featherweight title shot with a vicious first-round knockout of Chad Mendes in the TUF 22 Finale headliner.

If there was any reason why Frankie Edgar didn't deserve another shot at the featherweight title, all that doubt was erased tonight in Las Vegas. The New Jersey native entered his headlining bout with Chad Mendes at the TUF 22 Finale with a beast in front of him, one with well-known power in his hands. But it wasn't Mendes' power on display tonight - it was Frankie's. He knocked Mendes out in less than three minutes.