Nate Diaz Will Wait for Title Shot!

Nate Diaz will face the winner of Henderson vs. Edgar II

Frankie Edgar vs Ben Henderson rematch booked for summer!

Frankie Edgar: 

"Rematch anyone??.......it's on!! Thanks to @danawhite @lorenzofertitta. Me and Henderson 2. Here we go!!"

"It was a relief, it really was. A weight lifted off my chest, it's been weighing on me. I definitely made it known that I wanted the rematch, I'm not going to sit there and I don't want to argue for a title, I want to fight for a title. I'm just happy I get to fight for it now.... Dana he was still concerned and I respect him for that. He thinks 145 might be better for the longevity of my career and my health and what not, and I disagree. Being the competitive person I am, feeling that maybe that fight should have went my way, I want another chance at it. That's when he said 'alright man, you're going to get it."

Frankie Edgar's manager says he's not moving down to featherweight division

Frankie Edgar's Manager Abdel-Aziz:      

"Frankie deserves a rematch. We’re going to ask for a rematch. I talked to Lorenzo Fertitta and he believes Frankie scored 3 to 2, Dana White scored Frankie winning the fight. Frankie in the future will go down to 145, but he’s not going to go down now, he’s not. He’s not getting manhandled, he’s not getting destroyed, he won the fight. Frankie’s not the type of guy to lose and then just cower and move to 145. This kid has so much heart and determination."

Pettis: “Henderson doesn’t want to fight me, I’m a bad match for him”

"If I was him, I would say the same thing too said Pettis. I mean, he just won the belt and he doesn’t want to give it up that quick and if he fights against me, he’s not going to hold on to that belt for awhile, I mean, I match up bad for him, and for (him to say) for me to work on my takedown defense, last year he couldn’t take me down and we went five rounds and I won that decision. So, if I was him, I wouldn’t want to fight me either. Of course, he doesn’t want to fight me, for that reason. There is no clear number one contender in the UFC (lightweight) division except myself. I mean Diaz is fighting Jim Miller, and that fight’s a long time away. Let’s set this up, let’s see who’s really number one in the lightweight division. I’m the last guy to beat him and I just had one of the best performances of my life, so let’s make this happen. He definitely got a lot better, but I got a lot better too, everybody gets better in a year. I don’t really see too big a changes, I don’t think it’s going to be one of those fights that where he’s just going to come in and dominate."

UFC 144 Benson Henderson & Anthony Pettis Post Fight Interview

Dana White on Edgar vs Henderson score, thinks Edgar got it.

Dana White : "Again, I'm not a judge and my opinion doesn't matter but I had it even going into that last round and I gave the last round to Frankie. Four rounds to one for Ben Henderson is crazy. Most of the judges had Edgar losing the last round, I don't know how you have him losing the last round. But I was on Twitter going into the third, fourth and last round asking people how they had it and there were some people who had it just like I had it and there were other people who had it the other way for Henderson. I said, 'Get ready for some controversy, this is going to be a controversial decision.
I’m not a judge, but I had the fight even going into the last round and I gave the last round to Frankie. Joe Silva had this scored for Frankie by a landslide, as well. But a lot of judges score on damage and Henderson didn’t have the damage. There wasn’t any question where the damage was done. I’ve got nothing but respect for Henderson, look at what he did tonight. I’m not going to make a decision about the rematch right now."

Benson Henderson: “I want to defend it however many times Anderson Silva defends his, plus one.”

On the future fights: Whoever it happens to be whether it’s Frankie again, I’m down for that. Anthony Pettis, I see you doing big things, making waves, great fighter very spectacular. If it happens to be Anthony then so be it. Whoever it is I’m okay with it, sounds good to me. I believe there’s a long list of guys, Nate Diaz, Jim Miller, Frankie, Anthony, let’s do it. Every single one of them.

Frankie Edgar Fight Metric Report proves decision

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Frankie Edgar wants immediate re-match

“I don’t want to take anything away from Ben, he did a great job but I thought I won that fight. He came hard and I knew it was going to be a tough fight butI thought I did enough to win those rounds.

I’m not trying to shoot anyone out of what they deserve but I had to do two immediate rematches, so what’s right?”