Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar solidified his position as next in line for the UFC featherweight title shot. At The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale, Frankie Edgar defeated Chad Mendes with a perfectly-timed punch that dropped Mendes to the canvas. 'The Answer' defeated Mendes at 2:28 of round 1.
Check out the twitter timeline below, as the pros react to Edgar's impressive knockout.
Oh my damn!!!!!!!
— Dom Shonuff Waters (@Shonuff89) December 12, 2015
Wooow
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) December 12, 2015
Oh myyy #TUFFinale
— 'Rowdy' Bec Rawlings (@RowdyBec) December 12, 2015
Took McGregor 2 rounds to do what @FrankieEdgar did in 2 minutes!!! My dude is a fucking MONSTER!!! #letsgo #thechampishere #themhandstho
— Corey Anderson UFC (@CoreyA_MMA) December 12, 2015
Like I said I will never pick against @FrankieEdgar #TUFFinale
— Yves Edwards (@thugjitsumaster) December 12, 2015
Oh wow KO!! #TUFFinale #TUFF22
— Raphael Assuncao (@RaphaAssuncao) December 12, 2015
Wow. Didn't think it was going to go down like that #TUFFinale
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) December 12, 2015
In case ya forgot... @FrankieEdgar is an animal. Oh and a future hall of gamer. Wants TWO belts! #TUFFinale
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) December 12, 2015
@FrankieEdgar!!! 1st Rd KO!!
— robbie lawler (@Ruthless_RL) December 12, 2015
Frankie is a Legend. @FrankieEdgar
— Ruslan Magomedov (@MagomedovUFC) December 12, 2015
Great job @FrankieEdgar amazing performance
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) December 12, 2015
My Ninja @FrankieEdgar Gotta give him his shot come on People !!!
— Edward Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) December 12, 2015
Guess we know who will be coming for that featherweight belt after tomorrow! @FrankieEdgar
— Carla Esparza (@CarlaEsparza1) December 12, 2015
Nasty exchange :/
— Urijah Faber (@UrijahFaber) December 12, 2015
I love you bud. @chadmendes
— Joseph Benavidez (@JoeJitsu) December 12, 2015
That's the result of Aldo, Conor, and pinpoint accuracy from Frankie Edgar! Left-hook puts Chad down. #TUFFinale congrats @FrankieEdgar!
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) December 12, 2015
Congrats @frankieedgar you deserve title fight, you real champ and biggest heart in MMA today … https://t.co/Om8xDB6uzV
— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) December 12, 2015
Wow congrats, great ko @franķeedgar made the featherweight exciting again @ufc https://t.co/ToEyUELveh
— Roy Nelson (@roynelsonmma) December 12, 2015
Ryan Hall def. Artem Lobov to become The Ultimate Fighter 22 winner
Ryan Hall looks like Spider-Man without the mask. #TUFFinale
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) December 12, 2015
Who wins round 2?! Control, and sub attempts VS sitting on top and being pulled into guard?! #TUFFinale
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) December 12, 2015
I'm liking this guys style! @ryanhall5050 got some slick ground work! #TUF22Finale
— Jessica Penne (@JessicaPenne) December 12, 2015
Hall is winning the only way he could. This is a really smart fight by hall. Thru 2 rounds I'm not sure artem landed a punch.
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) December 12, 2015
I love this fight. Honestly Ryan hall is amazing at being a very good active submission artist
— Demetrious Johnson (@MightyMouseUFC) December 12, 2015
— 'Rowdy' Bec Rawlings (@RowdyBec) December 12, 2015
Congrats @ryanhall5050!! I have the same trophy!
— Chad Laprise (@ChadLaprise) December 12, 2015
@ryanhall5050 made the most of a second shot, life is all about risk taking so dope I remember buying his triangle dvd set lol #TUFFinale
— Dom Shonuff Waters (@Shonuff89) December 12, 2015
I liked that last fight. @ryanhall5050 is fun to watch. If you don't like to watch high level grappling in your fights,go watch kickboxing
— Mike Brown (@mikebrownmma) December 12, 2015
Tony Ferguson def. Edson Barboza
"Kicks vs Wingspan" who you got??? #TUFFinale
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) December 12, 2015
Here we go!! This is the fight I wanted to see!! #TUFFinale
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) December 12, 2015
Should be a great fight! https://t.co/uobiuTtdp8
— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) December 12, 2015
This is craziness!! Just trading shots! Somebody needs to get their hands up! #TUFFinale #UFCFightNight
— Michael Johnson (@FollowTheMenace) December 12, 2015
Can you say blood bath!!!! #UFCFightNight
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) December 12, 2015
Ferguson Barboza ..... What a scrap #TUFFinale
— Joe Duffy (@Duffy_MMA) December 12, 2015
Holy shit @TonyFergusonXT and @EdsonBarbozaJR thank you @ufc #TUFFinale
— Steven Siler (@Stevesiler) December 12, 2015
Hell of a fight awesome performance to both guys and congrats to @TonyFergusonXT with a beautiful submission @ufc
— Raquel Pennington (@RockyPMMA) December 12, 2015
Daaaaaamn! Ferguson earned that shit!!!
— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) December 12, 2015
He just melted Barboza and broke him.
— Scott jorgensen (@Scottjorgensen) December 12, 2015
Wow that was a fun fight!
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) December 12, 2015
Fucking WOW that was crazy @ufc
— Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) December 12, 2015
Wowsers what a fight #ufc #TUFFinale
— 'Rowdy' Bec Rawlings (@RowdyBec) December 12, 2015
Who's more gangster than @tonyfergusonxt ?? https://t.co/N9AdJsCpgb
— Eddie Bravo (@eddiebravo) December 12, 2015