JRE MMA Show #88 with Frankie Edgar

Edgar describes multiple legendary fights (Gray Maynard, Benson Henderson) where he doesn’t remember large portions of the bout, highlighting how concussion and accumulated damage can exist even without clean knockouts.

He and Rogan note that his early wars likely wouldn’t be allowed to continue under today’s more cautious stoppage norms, illustrating how safety culture and expectations have shifted in MMA.

Edgar has reduced hard sparring from three sessions a week to two and is more deliberate about volume and recovery, showing how veterans can stay competitive by managing brain and body wear.

Frankie believes his gas tank comes largely from mindset—pushing through fatigue and not being afraid to get tired—mirroring what made fighters like Cain Velasquez so overwhelming.

Despite becoming champion at 155 without cutting, Edgar now feels 135 is more appropriate; they also argue for reorganizing UFC weight classes (e.g., adding 165 lbs) to avoid huge gaps like 185–205.