Whatever happened during a meeting between UFC bosses and Jose Aldo we might never know, but it appears the interim featherweight champion is willing to compete again.
In an interview with Combate out of Brazil, Aldo’s head coach, Andre Pederneiras, stated that they are looking at February or March to unify the belts. Conor McGregor is set to face Eddie Alvarez next weekend at UFC 205 and currently holds the featherweight strap.
“Aldo wants to do the other things, but in the conversations we had (with the UFC), it became clear that they’re not going to let him do that,” Pederneiras said. “There’s nothing we can do. We have to fight.”
Pederneiras was referring to several interviews earlier this year conducted by Aldo that left him saying time and time again he was done fighting.
“If he goes back to fight, he will only fight to unify the title, independent of who it’s against,” Pederneiras said. “Aldo will accept no other fight unless it’s to unify the title.”
Aldo won the interim belt this past July over Frankie Edgar after falling for the first time inside the Octagon last year to McGregor.
