In preparation for his UFC 194 fight against Conor McGregor on Saturday, Jose Aldo has enlisted the help of two-time K-1 Max champion Andy Souwer to work on his striking. Souwer told MMA Plus in an interview that he believes this will be Aldo’s last time stepping inside the octagon.
“To be honest, yeah I think. Yeah, I think so, I think he’s done with it. And ready. I will agree,” Souwer said. “Whatever he is thinking, it’s his decision. But I think it will be good for him.”
Souwer described his training with Aldo as hard, but fun. He believes Aldo is on top of his game heading into Saturday’s featherweight title fight, and that he will put McGregor “to sleep.”
“The training was hard but fun, I never saw him like this before,” said the Dutch. “Because I always saw him a little bit, almost stubborn, but, this time, I don’t know what happened he has a big smile. Almost every fight, every preparation that I help him, he is always in the first two rounds, he is okay, he’s good, and then slows down, we also could see that in his fights, but, for now, six rounds, six minutes, he’s f*cking the guys up.
“Jose Aldo is the pound-for-pound fighter in this weight class, and he will succeed this time also,” Souwer said. “It will be a fairytale story, of course, but I’ll go for it.”
UFC 194 takes place on December 12th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. We’ll have full coverage all week here on MMANews.com, with live round-by-round results on Saturday night.
