UFC star Frankie Edgar: 'I'm done getting screwed over, my next fight will be with Conor McGregor'... US fighter challenges featherweight champion

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Frankie Edgar declares he wants to fight Conor McGregor next
McGregor won featherweight title after knocking out Jose Aldo
But Irishman now wants to step up a weight division in UFC

Published: 15:19 EST, 24 December 2015 | Updated: 16:04 EST, 24 December 2015

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Frankie Edgar has declared his intentions to take to the Octagon with Conor McGregor in his next bout to challenge for the UFC featherweight title.

Speaking on Twitter earlier this week where he was answering questions from fans, Edgar said: 'I'm done getting screwed over, my next fight will be Conor Mcgregor, there is nobody else I am going to fight.'

UFC president Dana White has stated previously that Edgar would be the next man to to step into the Octagon with McGregor to clash for the featherweight title.

Frankie Edgar (right) wants to fight Conor McGregor in his next UFC bout

Edgar in action as he prepared to face Chad Mendes in his last fight earlier this month

But McGregor, following his victory over Jose Aldo earlier this month, has said he wants to step up a division to become a dual-weight UFC champion.

And his intentions have frustrated Edgar, who believes that McGregor is 'ducking him' and that he 'wouldn't be the same after he was done with him.' He then added he would: 'break Conor in the third and then finish him in the fourth.'

McGregor is expected now to confirm his decision over what weight division he will fight in after the festive season.

Edgard, 34, is currently the second ranked fighter in the featherweight division below champion McGregor and Aldo.

McGregor (right) was back in Ireland over the festive season before making a decision on his future

McGregor (right) defeated Jose Aldo after only 13 seconds of their fight in Las Vegas earlier this month

McGregor celebrates his first-round knockout victory over Aldo in Las Vegas

In a 26-bout career, the American has 21 wins, one draw and four defeats. Of those triumphs, seven have come by knockout and four by submission.

His most recent fight, earlier this month, resulted in a knockout victory over Chad Mendes, while his last defeat was at the hands of Aldo, who beat him at UFC 156 in February 2013.