Frankie Edgar would be making the wrong career choice by moving to featherweight, according to Jose Aldo's head coach.
Edgar lost his UFC lightweight title over the weekend, dropping a controversial decision to Ben Henderson in the UFC 144 main event. The fight was so close that Edgar now wants an immediate rematch.
Certainly the idea of a rematch is a significant option for the UFC, but there is also another direction Edgar's career could take. A natural featherweight, it is widely believed The Truth has been punching above his weight, and that a move to 145lbs would benefit him.
If Edgar did drop down he could potentially walk straight into a title match against reigning featherweight champion Aldo, in a bout that would undoubtedly act as a big pay-per-view seller for the UFC.
However, Nova Uniao head coach Andre Pederneiras knows Aldo better than anyone, which means he knows how to beat the brilliant Brazilian. And in his eyes, Edgar is not the answer.
"The biggest advantage that Edgar has he would lose at 66kg, that is his speed," Pederneiras wrote on Twitter. "Aldo keeps the belt."
If they're so confident you'd think they'd welcome the easy victory over a former Lightweight champion and big name who everybody already knew was fighting in the wrong weight class.
As much as opponents land on Edgar you think one of the world's best strikers is afraid to fight him?
Since the quote is from a coach and not Aldo....no, genius.
But if Aldo himself comes out and says the same thing......yes......he obviously doesn't want to fight Edgar and is hoping he stays at lightweight so he can get a less threatening opponent.
It could be taken two ways, 1 they r trying to get under his skin and challenge him or 2 they realize he would b Aldo's toughest fight and don't wanna risk it.
If they're so confident you'd think they'd welcome the easy victory over a former Lightweight champion and big name who everybody already knew was fighting in the wrong weight class.
If they're so confident you'd think they'd welcome the easy victory over a former Lightweight champion and big name who everybody already knew was fighting in the wrong weight class.
They sound scared.
Marketing, how does it work
I don't know. Seems like for Aldo's camp, portraying Frankie Edgar as a grave threat (even when you don't consider him that) would market a fight 1000x better than dismissing him as less than nothing.
Have you ever considered that "they" (Aldo's coaches, managers, handlers-everybody who gets a financial piece of him) actually do consider risk/reward ratio when it comes to his potential opponents and probably aren't heavily invested in seeing him against the fighters with the best chance to beat him? I know it's shocking.
TTT for scared bunny/reverse pyschology "marketing".....
