UFC:s kommentator Jon Anik diskuterar vad han tror kommer att ske med UFC 189 om fjäderviktsmästaren José Aldo inte kan tävla vid eventet.
De flesta har nog uppmärksammat att José Aldos medverkande vid UFC 189 är tveksamt då brassen skadat ett revben när han tränat för sitt titelförsvar mot irländaren ”The Notorious” Conor McGregor. Då galan bara är cirka två veckor bort så finns många åsikter om vad som bör ske med eventet och bägge fighters om Aldo inte kan tävla vid galan. UFC:s kommentator Jon Anik hoppas fortfarande att fighten kan genomföras men han tror att om så inte blir fallet så bör UFC skjuta upp fighten snarare än att boka McGregor mot en annan fighter i divisionen. Detta säger han till Bloodyelbow:
”You know, it’s interesting. I believe this fight is going to happen at one point or another, even if they have to delay it until September. I would be surprised if they proceeded with Chad Mendes or Frankie Edgar. All of that said, because Conor McGregor has such a huge following and so many people are making the trip, maybe they’re going to keep him on the 189 card at all costs. When this happens to a fight of this magnitude, it’s just a massive blow, and I hope for everybody involved, specifically my bosses, Lorenzo, Frank, Dana and everybody on down, who have put so much into this…I would hate to see it go by the board. I’m hopeful that it’ll happen, but I’m getting progressively less optimistic as the day goes on
Obviously we’re just ingesting this news today, the three of us at least, so I have to be optimistic that Jose’s injury is a real slight fracture to the rib and will be something that he can fight through. There are a lot of different injuries that you can fight through, at least from the views of some of the fighters I’ve been texting back and forth with over the last hour, since the news broke. A rib is not really something you want to mess around with though, and not something an athlete can really afford to fight with, if indeed it’s cracked severely, so it’s just crazy”.
