Former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar will welcome 2020 in his third weight class with the UFC. “The Answer” is making his bantamweight debut against number three-ranked contender Cory Sandhagen, a fight that co-headlines the UFC’s event in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The 38-year-old Edgar only wants elite competition for himself, and he feels a win over Sandhagen catapults him up the ranks in the 135-pound division.
“He’s very dangerous,” Edgar said of Sandhagen in a recent episode of UFC Unfiltered (transcript by MMA Junkie). “He’s No. 3 (in the official UFC rankings), and I still want to fight the best guys in my career, and I feel like fighting No.