Jose Aldo wants out of the UFC, Dana White wants him to stay put.
Aldo requested a contract termination from the promotion after being refused the opportunity to exact revenge on Conor McGregor.
The former long-standing featherweight champion has made it clear that he’s done with fighting, he wants to pursue other career opportunities, a Red Panty Night offer won’t change his mind and if the UFC try to stop him from leaving, he’s willing to fight them in court over it. If they somehow force him back into the Octagon, he hinted that he would be willing to intentionally lose fights.
So he sounds like he’s pretty much done with the UFC.
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— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) October 2, 2016
However, Dana White hasn’t given up on ‘Scarface’ just yet. The UFC president explained on Fox Sports 1 that he intends to meet with his disgruntled employee soon to talk it over.
“I can’t make anybody fight anybody. I can do the best I can to put together fights and make them happen. Jose Aldo and I will get together probably next week and we’ll talk about this. I think he’s being a little ridiculous about this.”
Presuming Aldo doesn’t lose the plot over that “ridiculous” comment and actually meets up with Uncle Dana, he may be very unhappy with what he’s offered. The answer to the question, ‘what do you give to the man who doesn’t want to fight anymore?’ generally isn’t ‘more fights’.
“I’ll get him a fight. I’ll get him a fight all day long. If you look at that division it’s stacked. Holloway’s ready. He wants to fight. Anthony Pettis is in that division now. There’s a lot of talented guys there that he can fight.”
When asked why Aldo was never afforded the opportunity to move up a weight class and try to win another belt when he was champion, he claimed that the Brazilian never wanted to. He said one of the reasons why Conor McGregor’s allowed to do it is because of his willingness to step in to fight last-minute replacements.
“Aldo never aspired to do those things. I’m a guy that has stood in front of pretty much everybody in the sport at one time or another, and nobody acts the way Conor McGregor acts when a fight pulls out or whatever.”
“Normally when you have so much to lose, everybody’s afraid to lose. nobody wants to take a risk. This guy goes all in, and it’s part of the appeal and the allure of Conor McGregor. Everybody can be mad and everybody can cry, but when you step up and when you fight like this guy fights and you put all your chips on the table… nobody does it.”
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