Frankie Edgar Happy to Prove Doubters Wrong: ‘I Don’t Want to Hear Nothing from Nobody’

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Frankie Edgar became just the 11th fighter in UFC history to win a bout in three different weight classes when he earned a split-decision triumph over Pedro Munhoz in the UFC on ESPN 15 headliner on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Making the feat even more impressive was the fact that the Toms River, N.J., native did so at 38 years old and as the third largest underdog on the card. Edgar, who did not attend Saturday’s post-fight press conference, was well aware of the naysayers heading into his matchup with Munhoz.

“It’s good to be on the winning side. That was a hell of a fight, Pedro is a stud,” Edgar said in a post-fight interview with UFC commentator Jon Anik. “I heard a lot of people barking that I’m old, I’m slow. I definitely proved them all wrong.

“I still got some fight in this tank and we’re going to make a run at 135. He was No. 5 [in the UFC rankings] and that might put me right in the top 5. Three weight classes, I’ve shown I can compete with the best at 38 years old. I don’t want to hear nothing from anybody.”

Though the scorecards were disputed by Munhoz in the aftermath, Edgar was competitive throughout the five-round affair, landing crisp combinations and tagging his opponent with straight right hands and uppercuts. “The Answer” also absorbed his fair share of punishment — including numerous leg kicks — and didn’t wilt under Munhoz’s consistent pressure.

A former champion at lightweight and a title challenger at featherweight, Edgar has now announced himself as a Top 10 competitor at 135 pounds while erasing the sting of back-to-back losses to Chan Sung Jung and Max Holloway as well.

“If anything, I felt better than I was at the other division,” Edgar said. “I didn’t carry any other weight. He chipped me with some leg kicks. I believe I checked a bunch of them, but I’m hoping his leg hurts a little bit too.”

The Ricardo Almeida Jiu-Jitsu product is now primed to make a run in his new division. It’s something he’s been doing consistently for more than a decade now.

“I just got my feet wet,” he said. “I think the sky is the limit for myself. I didn’t look slow in there. Pedro is a top dog and that makes me a top dog. I’m back.”