It took 13 years before UFC legend Frankie Edgar was ready in MMA.
The former UFC Lightweight Champion fought a row of a murderer over three weight departments: lightweight, spring weight and finally, Bantamweight, where he ended his career on a three-fight KO-KID.
Frankie Edgar has taken legs from people like Jose Aldo, gone with the hard-handed Chad Mendes and went the championship distance with BMF champion Max Holloway in his ninth (and last) UFC title fight in 2019.
'The answer' was eliminated several times in the direction of the last part of his 30-Vecht UFC-Run, with Brian Ortega de Jager to finally crack Edgar's Kin in 2018.
During 36 fights, Edgar only stopped five times, two of the more brutal people a flying knee of Cory Sandhagen and a front kick from Chito Vera.
Surprisingly, Sandhagen and Vera did not make the list for Edgar's hardest chopping opponents.
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Frankie Edgar calls the hardest puncher and kicker he ever stands for
Edgar saw stars in his iconic trilogy with a former title -Uitdager Gray Maynard.
Maynard stopped Edgar almost several times during their fights and hit him in their first fight in 2008.
Their Rematch ended in a draw after three knockdowns for Maynard and Edgar assembled a Comeback TKO victory in their third fight on UFC 136 in 2011.
'[Hardest] Puncher would probably be gray, “Edgar said on the Champ and the tramp podcast.
“I mean, Chad Mendes probably hit pretty hard,” Edgar called another former title -Uitdager.
“But I didn't really do that, he didn't really touch me …”
Edgar Tko'ed Mendes in the first round of their featherweight fight in 2015.
“Kicker? I mean, Aldo kicked hard. Actually, Mendes f— hard,” Edgar continued.
'He might be with the most difficult [kicker]Actually, “said Edgar about Mendes.
“He got me [with] An [leg kick]. You have to prevent immediately. They know they hurt you. So he got me, boom, oh my god … Like, oh, s -. He can crack … “
“Take knees, never good … but the first Up-Cick by Benson Henderson, he was bad,” said Edgar about the former lightweight champion who closed him 2-0 in their title fighting series.
'[Jose] Aldo never turned me upside down, “Edgar added.
Frankie Edgar was by Cory Sandhagen and Chito Vera in the same year
Coming UFC title Challenger Cory Sandhagen felt bad when he hit Edgar in the opening round for 28 seconds with a devastating flying knee.
The Hall of Famer immediately went to the canvas and Sandhagen had a frown on his face after his hand was lifted.
After demonstrably the worst KO of his career, Edgar returned to Chito Vera on UFC 268 in Madison Square Garden nine months later.
Vera scored a highlight-reel knockout from Edgar with a front staircase against the face. A year later, Edgar was eliminated in his pension fight against Chris Gutierrez at the same location – an unfortunate end to a legendary MMA career.