Frankie Edgar Wants To Stay On UFC 222 Card

Former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar was supposed to challenge UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway for the strap at UFC 222, but Holloway would pull out of the contest due to injury.

Despite losing his title shot, a focused Edgar would still like to compete on the UFC 222 card.

Edgar made his plans known through a post on Instagram:

 

Here we go again, definitely disappointed but fate wasn't having it. I wish Max a speedy recovery but the show must go on. See you all in Vegas March 3rd!

A post shared by Frankie Edgar (@frankieedgar) on Feb 3, 2018 at 8:08pm PST

Mark Henry is Edgar’s coach and he also took to Instagram to explain that the former lightweight champion is still training for a bout at UFC 222:

 

Wishing @blessedmma a healthy and speedy recovery. Max personifies the word Champion in a day and age where every fighter is afraid to fight or defend and picks fights Max has never backed down and has taken on all comers like ufc used to be. Much respect to him and his team and awesome coaches and hopefully 2 AMAZING warriors Blessed and FE will meet across the Octagon from each other soon. Heal up Champ —- FE looking better than EVER March 3 LETS GOO!!!

A post shared by Mark Henry (@mark_henry7) on Feb 3, 2018 at 8:53pm PST

The duo were supposed to meet the first time at UFC 218 this past December, but it was Edgar who pulled out of that bout due to injury.

UFC 222 takes place on Saturday, March 3 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada with no main event announced at this time. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, with a post-show podcast to follow.