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After knocking out Chad Mendes on December 11th, Frankie Edgar put it beyond any doubt that he should be the number one contender for the UFC's Featherweight title.

Unfortunately for Edgar, just 24 hours later Conor McGregor knocked out Jose Aldo and then stated his desire to challenge for the lightweight title whilst remaining the featherweight champion.

McGregor's intentions appear to yet again put Edgar's title ambitions on hold in a pattern that has repeated itself several times for the New Jersey native in the last 18 months.

Edgar yesterday revealed that it became apparent rather quickly that his dreams of the next title shot were in jeopardy just seconds after McGregor flatlined Aldo.

Following the knockout, Edgar’s manager Ali Abdel-Aziz and one UFC's officials came to fetch him to enter the Octagon, however they were then stopped in their tracks before they could enter.

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Speaking yesterday to Ariel Helwani, Edgar said: "I thought they wanted me to go in the cage.

"And then as I’m about to walk in Dana [White] was walking out, he said, ‘you’re not going in there, Conor’s going up, blah blah blah, we might give Aldo a rematch, we don’t know.

"I just kind of…I’ve never been, I mean granted Conor put himself in a position to be in charge, but I’ve never been there. Usually I do what they ask me."

Edgar then went on to say that his current strategy of being a 'UFC Company Man' and simply doing what the UFC told him, wasn't something he wished to continue to do.

He added: "For sure, I’m pissed.

"I’ve been at it for a while now, I’ve been knocking on the door for this title shot for a while. It started with Cub [Swanson].

"If Cub beat me he was promised a title shot. I beat him, I finished him in pretty dominating fashion and no, I’m not even considered for that title shot.

"I take it in stride. I do everything in stride, I really do think I’m a company man, but it’s not really panning out for me being that way."

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Edgar then revealed to Helwani that he was losing hope when it came to being next up to face McGregor and that he no longer knew what he could do to convince the UFC bosses further the he was next in line.

He explained: "What am I going to do, scream and shout?

"What can I do? Dana and Lorenzo, they know what I want man. People are like, 'you need to call them.' They f*cking know what I want.

"What, am I going to bother them? For what? For them to say no? So they can promise me something one day and say no the next? Come on."

When asked directly about whether he thought he was going to overlooked as the Irishman's next contender, Edgar was prepared for bad news.

He admitted: "Realistically, I’m setting myself up for that already.

"I’m setting myself up for hope for the best, expect the worst. I’m expecting the worst."

McGregor's next fight is expected to be announced in the next few weeks with it highly rumoured he is set to face Rafael Dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight title.