If the Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor title fight doesn’t come off as scheduled due to Aldo’s rib injury, it looks like fans might be waiting until October at the earliest to see the most highly anticipated showdown of the year, that is, of course, unless UFC finds someone else to fight McGregor for an interim belt in the meantime.
Nova Uniao head coach Andre Pederneiras spoke with Brazilian media outlet Combate to describe Aldo’s reaction to the news, and update fans on the status of the bout.
“He cried. He wants this fight bad, everybody invested a lot in this,” said Pederneiras. “I was with him the whole afternoon. He’s heartbroken. He wants to fight anyway. Now we have to wait for the exam results. Aldo is in deep pain.”
Pederneiras continued, “If the fracture is really confirmed, Aldo will have to stop training, do nothing for three or four weeks until it’s fixed, and then he would be able to do any exercise without forcing his rib. And then he would need a normal time to do a training camp: three months. I believe this fight wouldn’t happen before October.”
For now, however, nothing is official. Until otherwise confirmed by the UFC, Aldo vs. McGregor is still tenatively scheduled to headline UFC 189 on Saturday, July 11, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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