Frankie Edgar

Frankie “The Answer” Edgar was the undersized lightweight from Toms River, New Jersey, who kept getting up. A former college wrestler at Clarion, he outpointed BJ Penn at UFC 112 in 2010 to win the UFC lightweight title, beat Penn again in the rematch and survived near-knockouts in two wars with Gray Maynard, finishing him in their third fight.

After losing the belt to Benson Henderson he dropped to featherweight to challenge José Aldo and later fought at bantamweight, earning eight Fight of the Night awards along the way, and joined the UFC Hall of Fame in 2024. CagePotato covered the Maynard trilogy and every one of his title fights.

Frankie Edgar fact file
Full nameFrank Edgar
NicknameThe Answer
Date of birth
Place of birthToms River, New Jersey, USA
Organisations fought in
  • UFC
  • Reality Fighting
Accolades
  • UFC Lightweight Champion (2010–2012, three title defences)
  • Reality Fighting Lightweight Champion
  • Eight UFC Fight of the Night awards
  • UFC Hall of Fame (2024)

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