Not everybody received the news that Nate Diaz would step in to face Conor McGregor at UFC 196 with complete enthusiasm. One of those didn’t get a fuzzy feeling from Tuesday night’s announcement was Frankie Edgar, the contender back there at 145 pounds who keeps shrinking in McGregor’s rear view mirror as he steers off into other weight classes.
Edgar’s manager Ali Abdel-Aziz was approached by the UFC to take the fight against McGregor on essentially 10 day’s notice, yet Edgar had to turn it down as he’s midway through recovering from a torn groin.