Jose Aldo (25-2) blev besegrad av Conor McGregor (19-2) via KO på UFC 194 och det enda Aldo vill är att gå en titelmatch eller få en rematch mot McGregor.
Efter Aldos förlust mot McGregor, berättar Aldo att han blev lovad en titelmatch mot Frankie Edgar (20-4-1) ifall McGregor skulle gå upp en viktklass, men de planerna blev ändrade bara veckor senare.
”Dana (White) and Lorenzo (Fertitta) went to our locker room and said the next fight would be with Frankie Edgar for the title because Conor wouldn’t make the weight anymore,” berättade Aldo. ”That was the idea when the fight was over. But if someone asks me what I want, it’s the rematch, of course. I don’t see another fight for me besides a title fight or a rematch.”
Det är ännu inte bestämt om vem som kommer att utmana om fjäderviktstiteln härnäst och om det skulle bli Edgar, är Aldo villig att vänta ett helt år på att få sin chans att utmana om titeln berättar Aldos manager Andre Pederneiras.
”What I can say is that that’s our idea right now,” sa Pederneiras. ”It might change tomorrow, but that’s our idea right now.”
”Aldo believes he has this right, and so do I,” sa Pederneiras. ”He will only fight for the belt. The champion he was, undefeated for 10 years, he thinks he has the same right others had. Some fighters are getting rematches they deserve less than Aldo. If it’s going to be soon or in 10 years, he thinks he deserves a title fight.”
”I wouldn’t let (McGregor) move up and take the belt with him, but it’s the UFC’s call, I can’t do anything about it,” sa Pederneiras. ”I have to accept it. I can’t say I’m happy with it, though. I’m not, and Aldo is not happy about it either. But we can’t do anything about it. When you fight for a company, you have two options: leave the company, or accept the condition and wait, try to negotiate what’s better for you, and that’s what we’re doing right now.”
