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ANAHEIM, Calif. – As MMAjunkie.com first reported,
UFC lightweight champ Frankie Edgar will defend his belt in Japan.

And of course, after a stellar UFC on FOX win over Clay Guida, Ben Henderson will take the role of challenger.

UFC president Dana White confirmed the booking at Saturday’s UFC on FOX
post-event press conference and later stated the contest will serve as
the main event for the February fight card.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. – As MMAjunkie.com first reported,
UFC lightweight champ Frankie Edgar will defend his belt in Japan.

And of course, after a stellar UFC on FOX win over Clay Guida, Ben Henderson will take the role of challenger.

UFC president Dana White confirmed the booking at Saturday’s UFC on FOX
post-event press conference and later stated the contest will serve as
the main event for the February fight card.

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Frankie Edgar doesn’t want to drop to featherweight just yet. He is the UFC lightweight champion.

“I want to defend that,” Edgar today told MMAjunkie.com.

Has he considered 145 pounds? Absolutely. And it’s nice, in theory, to have the option of fighting in either weight class. But the way he feels right now, he’d like to stay put.

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UFC president Dana White believes UFC lightweight champ Frankie Edgar is the No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter in MMA today.

Pollsters, though, weren’t ready to declare the recently victorious champ the runner-up to Anderson Silva’s top-dog status.

In the latest Yahoo! Sports pound-for-pound rankings, in which 22 top MMA journalists vote, Edgar moved up two spots to a No. 4 ranking. But the No. 2 slot still belongs to Georges St-Pierre.

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HOUSTON – Undersized UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar has proven over and over that he’s more than capable of fighting (and winning)
at 155 pounds.

That said, UFC president Dana White would still like to see him make the
move to featherweight, especially for a bout against 145-pound kingpin
Jose Aldo.

“Honestly, I’d like to see [Edgar] move to 145 and fight Aldo,” White
said following Saturday night’s UFC 136 post-event press conference at
Houston’s Toyota Center.

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UFC lightweight champion flew out to Los Angeles to take part in Thursday’s announcement of the UFC and Fox television partnership. He spoke one-on-one with MMAWeekly.com about it’s significance and his upcoming fight with Gray Maynard. Read More >>

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In a sport in which rematches are commonplace, the trilogy is a rare and heralded compilation.

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In a sport in which rematches are commonplace, the trilogy is a rare and heralded compilation.

Over the years, we’ve been treated to thrice helpings of Chuck Liddell vs. Randy Couture, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva, and Georges St-Pierre vs. Matt Hughes (to name a few) with each born out of necessity and demand.

We will soon add the names of Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard to the list when they headline UFC 136 on Oct. 8 at Houston’s Toyota Center.

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Like an epic trilogy should come to a crescendo, UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard will look to close the final chapter on their story as they meet on the UFC 136 fight card in Houston. Read More >>

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As expected, fall is the time of reckoning for Gray Maynard and Frankie Edgar’s unfinished
business.

UFC officials today announced that the champ and No. 1 contender will
meet a third time in the headliner of UFC 136, which takes place Oct. 8
at Houston’s Toyota Center.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) reported earlier that Maynard targeted
October for his return date after being cleared by his doctor for
training, and Edgar and his team expected to return that month, as well.

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