Should Frankie Edgar go to the front of the line? | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
Frankie Edgar lit up the MMA world with another virtuoso performance.
Edgar tapped Cub Swanson with a rear-naked choke in the fifth round of their UFC Fight Night “Edgar vs. Swanson” main event on Saturday at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. The 33-year-old former lightweight champion elicited the tapout 4:56 into round five, delivering the latest finish in Ultimate Fighting Championship history and staking his claim as the organization’s No. 1 contender at 145 pounds.
“The Answer’s” latest conquest and the thought that he could leapfrog Conor McGregor into a rematch with featherweight champion Jose Aldo spawned a number of intriguing threads on the Sherdog.net forums: