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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
"To me, it doesn't matter [if fans believe in me]. I believe in myself. I know my team believes in me. If it takes time to get you guys to believe in me, I'll do that, too... I definitely wanted to make it decisive and not leave any questions. But I think [getting a decisive win] was more important for [the media] than it was for me. I go in every fight trying to win and trying to do my best. That's all I can do. Hopefully this will get some of you off my back... I just thought I put more pressure on [in this fight]. I was finishing takedowns, and I was staying on top for a longer period of time. I felt I was able to step in on my strikes a little more. I didn't know what to expect really. I was kind of doing it on the fly... I think every fighter should fight with a chip on their shoulder."
-Frankie Edgar talks to MMAJunkie.com about his UFC 118 victory over B.J. Penn and being fine continuing to prove himself to fans.
Penick's Analysis: Edgar proved me completely and utterly wrong on Saturday night, and speaking at least for myself he's made a believer here. There are already those contemplating about the value of this win by using revisionist history to say maybe Penn simply wasn't as good as we were believing. I don't buy into that. Edgar had his number, plain and simple. He's beaten Penn twice and beaten a former Champ in Sean Sherk as well, who had previously only been beaten by Penn, Georges St. Pierre and Matt Hughes. These wins mean something. And for those that want to say the UFC's lightweight division isn't as good as we thought because of Edgar's wins, it's simply overlooking what Edgar has been able to accomplish.
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