Frankie Edgar's coach calls out McGregor: 'Stop being so scared'

Frankie Edgar and his camp believe that Conor McGregor has some unfinished business at 145 pounds.

The new featherweight champion has mused about possibly jumping up in weight to try and add the lightweight strap to his collection. Edgar's head coach, Mark Henry, believes McGregor's attempts to move up are motivated not by opportunity, but by fear of his client.

"No one has ever been able to jump up in weight class before taking care of the top five, and this guy doesn't even have one defense," Henry told Ariel Helwani, according to Hunter A. Homistek of MMAFighting.com. "The guy says he would fight Frankie if Frankie took care of business. Well, he did, so he should be a man of his word and stop being so scared. He's the one that's been scared for so many years cutting down from 180, 175 to fight guys with less range, weight, and height, while Frankie was 152 fighting 155.

"So now you have the belt - man up and defend it. Like they said in 'Braveheart,' 'Don't tuck tail and run.'"

Henry went on to criticize McGregor's toughness, citing how Edgar was more impressive against a shared opponent, Chad Mendes, and how McGregor took a submission loss in the third fight of his career.

"Now Frankie finishes the same guy (Mendes) he (McGregor) had on 10-day notice that spanked him until he got tired, and Frankie does his part," Henry said. "This fight comes down to both, when they were in the beginning of their career, when both (were) in a kneebar, Frankie says, 'Break it off,' and (McGregor) taps before the guy has a good grip.

"They're not even made (from) close to the same heart."

Any potential match-up between Edgar and McGregor may already have another hurdle to jump through in Jose Aldo. The ex-featherweight champ has already called for a rematch with McGregor, something the UFC has been quick to grant for fighters coming off of a dominant title run in the past.