The UFC, José Aldo and Conor McGregor have a very rivalry relationship and the fighter opened the game about the possibility of facing his rival again; check details!
O UFC, Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor have a lot of story to tell. The Brazilian, who was knocked out in just 13 seconds by the Irishman, is always asked about a possible rematch between the two and spoke about the topic again. In an interview for “Combat“, the Brazilian surprised everyone and said he doesn’t expect to face “The Notorious” again.
According to José Aldo, the fight against McGregor in the UFC is in the past: “This always comes up when we go to fight, but it doesn’t even cross my mind. Right after we fought, I had it in mind, but it didn’t happen. Not nowadays (I think about it more). As time passes, I don’t think about it. Conor is a page turned, he had his story, I did mine, we took different paths. I’m rooting for him, I always want the best from him because I know we’ve always been at the top, one will talk about the other and everyone will talk about us“.
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To get an idea of how Conor McGregor is in José Aldo’s past, the Brazilian made it very clear what his focus is on Ultimate. Before returning to the Octagons on Saturday, the 20th, to Sunday, the 21st, for UFC 278, the fighter assured that he will be bantamweight champion and will look for Volkanovski at featherweight to make history in the division again.
“Everyone keeps telling me, “Other featherweight athletes are saying who’s the best featherweight in history.” Even Max spoke very fondly of me. But my goal today is to win the bantamweight belt, and once I win the bantamweight title, you can be sure I’m the new featherweight champion. Because the champion that is there today for me is the most peaceful fight of all“, he explained.
But before being featherweight and bantamweight champion, José Aldo needs to concentrate for the confrontation against Merab Dvalishvili. Both are in search of victory to position themselves well in the ranking and face Aljamain Sterling in a future fight for the belt of the category. The Brazilian highlighted that he respects his rival at UFC 278, but he insisted that he will win the fight.
“It’s always a new challenge. I have in mind that it is one more step towards winning the title. This is the challenge, I have to come and win. I respect my opponent a lot and I trained very hard keeping that respect because I know I’m prepared for anything. My challenge is to beat Merab on Saturday and get my hands on the cup. He’s a very strong guy, he tries to play tighter, neutralizing the opponent. We have to respect it, we train for that, get in there and do my skills. He can play whatever game I’ll get in there and beat him“, he finished.
Source: sportbuzz
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