A few months ago, we announced that former UFC Lightweight Champions, Frankie Edgar and BJ Penn would be cast as the coaches of the nineteenth season of the hit reality show the Ultimate Fighter. Now we have received word that a date has been set for the two men to meet for the third match of their trilogy. Edgar and Penn will be going to war at the TUF 19 Finale at the end of the season on July 6th. The two men first faced each other in the Lightweight Division in which Edgar defeated Penn for the UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 112. He later defended the title against Penn in an instant rematch at UFC 118. The two will now face each other in the UFC's Featherweight Division where Frankie Edgar has found a new home in the UFC. BJ Penn has never fought at Featherweight in his career, but wanted the fight with Edgar so bad that he was willing to make the weight cut.
This certainly could be a barn burner between the two fighters. In the first two fights, we saw Edgar outclass Penn. Though Penn has never fought at Featherweight I predict that Penn will take this fight due to the fact that he has flew down to Brazil to train with Nova Uniao and Anthony Pedernieras whom he trained with early in his career. With guys like Jose Aldo, Diego Nunes and Renan Barao to train with, I think it gives him just enough to defeat Edgar in their third fight.
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