The story of former featherweight
kingpin Jose Aldo (26-4) on wanting to get out on Dana White’s eight cornered
circle has been mingling around since 2016, and now, has been resurfaced.
Visibly, Aldo isn’t enjoying his
stint with the biggest MMA organization anymore. He wants to dismiss the
contract and get out as soon as possible. The reason? Simply it’s Conor McGregor
and Boxing.
A Failed McGregor
Rematch
Aldo was so unsatisfied on not
getting a rematch with McGregor after a shocking 13 seconds loss to the most
popular Irishman back at UFC194. Dana
White did his job on trying to land the rematch but it was McGregor who doesn’t
have intents to fight the former Brazilian champ.
Dana had said straight to Jose Aldo’s
face “Conor
doesn’t want to fight you.”
Andre Pederneiras, Aldo’s coach/manager admitted that
their primary plan is to get Conor McGregor after recording a win against
Frankie Edgar at UFC 200.
But the whole thing goes down after
knowing that it’s impossible to get what they’ve thought they could get.
“It was just difficult because after his fight with Frankie, he wanted
Conor, but Conor wouldn’t accept the fight, and after that, Aldo started to
think about retirement.” “Always. Always. We want a fight with Conor McGregor,
but it’s hard to get. We know that. We know he doesn’t ever want to fight Aldo
again. Maybe in boxing. Maybe he’d accept a boxing match. When we were meeting
with Dana, he told us, ‘Conor does not want to fight you. I tried everything to
put him in to a fight with you. I can’t put a gun to his head.’ That’s the
word, from Dana to us. Dana told that to Aldo, directly.” - Andre Pederneiras
On Not Getting A
Freedom To Box
Pederneiras said that they flew to Las
Vegas and met Dana White and had discussed Jose Aldo’s future, this time,
outside the octagon. He’ll try his luck wearing a different pair of gloves.
Surprisingly, Dana White didn’t permit
him to box at all.
“He asked to fight boxing, Dana
denied and, later, Conor was fighting boxing," "He did not have the
thought he thought he might have. Months before he asked, the answer was no.
Months later Conor manages to fight in boxing without problem and the UFC
allowed it. Of course, he has a lot of money involved and in his [Aldo’s] fight
he would not, but not everything in life is money. He became quite unmotivated.”
– Andre Pederneiras
Will Jose Aldo Continue Fighting?
There’s
still a lot in his tank I guess. He’s is just unmotivated about the recent
things happening around the corner. This is not yet the end for Jose Aldo. Let
him out and fight, and He will assuredly score another win.
“I’ve never heard him talk about stopping," he
said. "I think Aldo has been at it for a long time, in a very continuous
time. I think Aldo could take a vacation and feel that motivation to return. I
already talked to him, but he wants to end the UFC contract as soon as
possible.” – Andre Pederneiras
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