Frankie Edgar spent nearly eight complete hours contained in the UFC octagon throughout his illustrious profession, however that doesn’t imply he’s not liable to errors each once in a while.
The previous UFC light-weight champion, who introduced his retirement from energetic competitors this previous November, posted a video on his Instagram account on Monday displaying a latest mishap he endured whereas coaching with one other fighter.
The video exhibits Edgar backing up throughout a sparring session, however quite than hitting the cage wall, the New Jersey native tumbled outdoors and fell to the bottom as an alternative.
“Over 18 years within the recreation and I’m nonetheless making rookie errors,” Edgar wrote. “Forgot to lock the cage door once I was coaching Mark Gray and increase! I used to be anticipating to really feel the cage on my again however as an alternative I felt the steps dig into my again and the again of my head into the ground.
“Fortunately there have been rubber mats on the ground. Nonetheless bought up and completed the session, we bought fights to win!”
Clearly, Edgar was bodily OK after the incident, though his delight could have taken a ding based mostly on his fall from the cage. It seems he suffered no accidents, with the coaching session persevering with afterward — though he in all probability double checked to be sure that door was secured the subsequent time round.
