Under veckan bestäms det om fjäderviktsmästaren Jose Aldo kommer att möta Conor McGregor, eller om Chad Mendes tar Aldos plats då titelhållaren lider av ett skadat revben. En som tror att Jose kommer att ta matchen oavsett om skadan stör honom eller ej är Brian Stann, som hade följande att säga via ”MMAFighting”:
I think he makes the walk based on the financial impact alone. Here’s the positive things for Jose Aldo going into this fight: This fight is going to make him an awful lot of money — win, lose or draw. He’s the only featherweight champion in history. I think he merits, no matter what, an immediate rematch if he were to lose this fight. For him, he takes the fight, there’s already a built-in thing where if the performance is terrible people are going to point to the ribs first. And there’s great build-up for a rematch and he’ll get another great payday.
It’s a very difficult thing to deal with in the fact that once you’re hit there and it starts hurting again, you’re constantly starting to guard it, which creates openings in other areas of your defense. It’s a big deal. This is a lesson for fighters, training camps, coaches, managers: You gotta keep your mouth shut. Someone really let him down in this fight. I’ve seen this happen before, never in such a high-profile fight. I don’t know who it was. It’s not indicative of the type of environment that Nova Uniao provides. It could happen anywhere, but someone really let him down that should have kept their mouth shut.
Aldo är i dagsläget planerad att möta McGregor den 11 juli under UFC 189, som kommer äga rum på ”MGM Grand Garden Arena” i Las Vegas.
